Word: evil
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...regard to the evil of speculation it seems useless to dwell at length as so much has been said on this subject, but it is sincerely hoped that all will use the greatest discretion in the disposal of their tickets...
...There is a perennial evil against which we raise an annual cry,-the muckers. We need not enumerate in how many and varied ways they contrive to exhibit their innate disagreeableness. Seven days in the week, and every hour in the day they are an eyesore and a provocation to profanity. They may be amusing at times, but whoever encourages their presence at the fence or on the campus, is laying up just so much annoyance for himself and for all future generations...
...receive the same privileges for a certain amount of study as men. This opposition to the education of women is worthy of more early times, and certainly reflects little credit on a century that prides itself on liberality of thought and education. Much as has been said about the evil consequences which will arise from the higher education of women; all has been refuted by the few examples who, braving the storm of public sentiment (a sentiment by the bye already changed and now favorable to what it formerly censured) have gonr through a college course uninjured morally, and greatly...
...places about the grounds where a fire can do no harm. Why then should not men have a trifle more pride about appearances? The building of a fire upon the lawns kills all the grass immediately underneath it and scorches much more for many yards around, so that the evil effects can be seen for months. If proper pride for appearances does not move the student, then a slight regard for college property ought to make him more careful. Let us enjoy our victories, but let us at the same time observe the rights of private property...
...immediate and striking." And on the other hand, although the system of allowing students to distribute themselves among private families in the town has great advantage, still it has many drawbacks, as, for instance, the scarcity of good accommodations, or the high price that will necessarily be charged. "Another evil both systems have in common. One of the most unfortunate things in college life hitherto has been the fact that students have considered themselves as practically something more than boys, and therefore not under tutors and governors, but something less than men, and therefore not amenable to the ordinary laws...