Word: dangerous
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...good friends in danger of substituting for manly indifference to mere bodily ills, and an indomitable courage against all odds, a cowardly dread of all hurts? Do we not see that that is the case in the growing popularity of the safe but effeminate lawn tennis, and the substitution of artificial gymnastics for the healthier field sports of our transatlantic ancestors? The long line of puny, pale-faced, pimply youth to be seen to day in our midst must be protected; they must be put back in the nursery where big boys cannot bruise their sickly frames. How refreshing...
...than in the "Harvard Lampoon." When it was started, it might have been called a graduate paper; but of late years its editors and contributors have been drawn from undergraduates exclusively. On these the burden of editing such a paper has fallen so heavily, that there has repeatedly been danger of its discontinuance. The editors have asked, not only for financial support, but also for contributions from any member of the University. This year, we understand, the greater part of the prose writing falls upon a single man. As he graduates next spring, there is an absolute necessity that there...
...other hand men among the students who have played foot ball and who understand the game, claim that changes can be made whereby the "brutal" and "demoralizing" features, and also much of the danger of the game can be done away with. It is also claimed that the "prevailing spirit" among the students is in favor of such changes, and that there is a very strong chance that such changes can be carried through the Intercollegiate foot ball convention. These opinions, as will be seen, are directly opposed to the assertion of the Committee. Who, I ask, is more likely...
...opinion and college opinion have changed for the better, the circumstances themselves have changed. A failure then under those circumstances, does not necessarily mean another failure now under the existing circumstances. We ask the committee to post pone action in the matter until after the convention. We appreciate our danger and will do all we can to avert it. We only demand a fair chance, and slight delay which we ask does not seem an unreasonable request...
Putting aside such minor considerations as the personal annoyance caused the students, and the danger of attending services held in a cold chapel, we deny the moral right of the authorities of a college to whip men into chapel when they are unwilling to attend. Men do not come to college to learn how to pray: as a rule, we think, they are quite capable of attending to their private devotions without any assistance. Students who are old enough for voluntary recitations are fully capable of responsibility on matters of religion. This, too, is generally recognized. The sole reason...