Word: evil
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...exclaim that a university in the midst of a large city, and influenced by the rush of business affairs and every-day strife, can never be the home of the deepest thinkers and the most attentive scholars. The very fact that Columbia is in New York may work untold evil instead of countless benefits. True the atmosphere of the metropolis is a great educator, but is it not rather unhealthy when breathed in by those who work upon antiquities or upon quarternious? Philosophy needs must be influenced by the place where it originates. Utilitarian morals and intuitive methods supersede abstract...
...intention of pursuing a special course of study and are obliged to drop one or more courses because they discover that there is a conflict in the arrangement of examinations. Notable among these difficulties has been the arrangement of English 6, 7 and 8. But now, it seems, these evils are to be done away with, and a thorough revision of the grouping system made. Great praise is due the members of the faculty, especially Prof. Macvane, for their earnest endeavors towards remedying this evil...
...regret squandered riches, overtasked strength, neglected opportunities, as Esau regretted his pledged birthright and Paul his misdirected zeal. yet the objects of our regret remain as facts. But repentance can be of use here. It may raise up in our souls such a repugnance to these inexorable evil actions of ours, that in this very repugnance the power of God will act most mightily. Could we realize that in each act of disloyalty, impurity and insincerity we were shaping irrevocably the past, our conduct would be different...
...that of son come together in the end. From Him we spring; to him we go. How great a thing it is that He is my father and I am his child! Creeds and doctrines disappear in face of realization, to him who has kept his life apart from evil...
...would cause such great joy to our hearts; but this change for the better is an omen, a presage of future improvements. For where little things do not escape the eye, there we may be sure that the big things are not neglected. When we see such a slight evil as the lack of bulletin boards in two buildings remedied, what shall not our hopes be of a bridge over our raging yard torrents - which we now must ford - of additional dormitories, of a better class of goodies - the hiring of whom with the present pittance for wages...