Word: evil
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...foresight manifested by the Overseers is justly criticized and the injury likely to result from this indirect attack upon Harvard's present methods is clearly appreciated. We wish to commend also the editorial upon the now celebrated article in the North American. No tendency is shown to hide the evil that exists in the college communities, but there is a just demand that the evil shall not be magnified beyond its due proportion. One more protest is added to those which have already been uttered by the students against the unfair advantage accepted by the North American Review...
...suppression of the vote is an evil. (a) For the negro. (b) For the State. (c) For the people of the United States. (d) For the U. S. Government:- Appeal to Caesar, pp 199-224; 88-107; 22-36; and passim. N. A. Rev. March...
...recitations and chapel is in the right direction. The idea was suggested of making all recitations of the freshman year compulsory but this course was objected to on the ground that it would only delay the students entire freedom until the sophomore year, which would not remedy the supposed evil in the least...
...light of anture." The speaker said that when the sun rises over the earth and finds it in darkness it sends its light abroad to every nook and corner; this is the parable of Christ sent on earth to redeem man. It is not strange that we turn from evil to good, for man has the highest possibilities in him which by Christ's aid can be carried out. We are children of God, not of Darkness. We talk of man's character as being a separate thing from his spiritual nature, but a christian is nothing...
...prize of one hundred and fifty dollars will be awarded by the American Economic Association for the best essay on "The Evil Effects of Unrestricted Immigration." This prize is offered by America, the new Chicago weekly, and the essay will be known as the "America Prize Essay." Any person is eligible to competition, provided his article does not exceed 25,000 words, and is received by the secretary of the Association before April 31st, 1889. Each essay must be type-written, signed by a fictitious name, and accompanied by a sealed envelope containing the name assumed as well...