Word: errors
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...would gladly pass them by, but as such is the case we must notice them in the hope that our denial may reach the eyes of those who have been persuaded against us. Then they will investigate, and will see that the ignorant news gatherer has been greatly in error, whether maliciously or not we cannot...
...error in our report of Saturday's game in not giving the proper consideration to Boyden's run was purely accidental. We can offer no apology, but, thanks to our correspondent of this morning, who has called our attention to the matter, we are able to make the proper statement...
EDITORS DAILY CRIMSON:- Allow me to correct an unfortunate typographical error that appeared in my communication printed in Saturday's CRIMSON. I remarked that "no one admires more than myself the quality of self-containedness-if I may use the term-that is fostered here." The printer made me guilty of admiring "self-conceitedness." It seems hardly necessary to emphasize the distinction between the two words. By the substitution however, of "self-conceitedness" for "self-containedness" the sense of my remarks was entirely distorted, hence my trespassing upon your space a second time...
...teams is an over-confidence which, prophesying victory, thinks superfluous the careful and minute preparation success demands. Anything then that tends to educate men in athletics or to cultivate interest in them is of vital importance to the freshmen as a body, as a counterpoise to the above mentioned error of over confidence, and individuals would do well to bear in mind that the training they can get by trying for their crew may serve them well later, when, being older, rougher and more fully developed, their ambition may be the 'Varsity crew...
...Advocate says that our failure can in one instance be laid at our own door; in another at the faculty's but does not say what the mistakes are. We would say that the error of the students lies in the toleration of an unwise state of college opinion. What the Advocate thinks we do not know, but it seems likely that it must believe as we do in the matter, since the root of our misfortunes is admitted generally to be this same false and evil point of view. We look forward with interest to the next number...