Word: error
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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When, however, these people are publicly encouraged in their insolent error by a person whose authoritative position lends to his most senseless words a certain degree of importance, I feel it my duty as a conscientious man to raise my voice against the fostering of notions which may damn the future of our nation...
...which such a mistake might have been avoided. In the first place it would have been prevented if the Faculty had adopted the plan of making public all their votes regarding the government of the students; and, in the second place, we should certainly not have committed the error had they refrained from passing a vote which we agree with the Advocate in thinking unnecessary. We do not propose, however, to discuss these points at present, and we desire to state once more our sincere regret that we were led into expressing opinions likely to convey an erroneous impression...
...would disgrace school-boys of ten years old, may not seem the fittest exhibition of ourselves we can make to our friends. We have dwelt sufficiently, however, on the fallacy of confusing facts with ideas. It needs no argument to withstand the enthusiasm of innovation. The nature of its error is apparent to all of us who have howled in the Yard in our Freshman year, who were properly drunk at the class supper in our Sophomore year, and who, finally, are determined to give a last exhibition of our culture around the tree...
...future. If this feeling is not strong enough in a class to induce it to repress with just indignation all mockery of an office that ought to be considered one of the most honorable positions that an undergraduate can hold, I think that the minority commit a great error in asking, as a favor, the majority to allow the continuance of an office that is thus shorn of the greater part of its dignity and respect...
...best amateur clubs in the State, so that too much cannot be said in praise of our men for defeating, in their newly organized state and without the services of their regular pitcher, so strong a team. The game was very exciting, and well played, comparatively few errors being made, while the batting was above the average. The Tauntons took the lead in the first inning and kept it until the fourth, when the score was even; from this time until the last man was out it was anybody's game. On our side Tower and Leeds distinguished themselves both...