Word: evil
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...relations with other people. Take such matters as injurious trades, unhealthy tenements, unfair competition with rivals, oppressive treatment of employees, dishonest products, disregard of the public safety or comfort, dealing with public authorities which, even if not corrupt, are unconscionable. It is in questions of this kind that the evils of absentee-ownership are felt today. The investor does not inquire into them, or trouble himself about them. The stock is paying large dividends and is a good investment. It may be doing business in another state, or operating all over the country, and it is not easy to find...
Most college graduates own or manage property to some extent,--to a far greater extent than the average of the community,--and therefore it is important for them to think clearly upon these subjects. For good or for evil our social system is based upon the private ownership of property; but property involves duties as well as privileges, and it is on the proper discharge of these that the ownership is morally if not practically conditioned. The first duty of the owner of property is to manage it himself so far as he can. So far as he cannot...
...Regarding the second point, however, I can deal with facts, and facts with which, after some twenty odd years' experience as a tutor, I may claim to be tolerably well acquainted. As a professional tutor who is not a very ardent believer in "pernicious" tutoring, even as a "necessary evil," I am willing to disregard my own private interests so far as to affirm that the method proposed by the Student Council, and favored by your editorial, would not decrease the amount of tutoring, but would increase it. I could, I believe, outline a method which would speedily drive...
...distance from Soldiers Field, but it is far more convenient than the Yale training quarters. The Varsity Club should mean a bright future for Harvard athletics. The athletes were formerly isolated and those who did not belong to social clubs had little chance for fellowship. This was a great evil and the direct benefits were apparent when the teams moved into their rooms on Holyoke street. There was then an opportunity for closer relations between the players and also between the players and coaches. In closing, Coach Haughton paid a great tribute to Captain Burr...
...minority of the people vote, since women and children are barred. The theory is that those who do vote represent the people as a whole. So it is with the initiative and referendum; those who do vote represent the whole people. The initiative and referendum do not introduce the evil of minority rule. But they do introduce positive benefits. They raise the calibre of the legislators. When corruption is taken away from our legislatures, better men will seek to enter them. Moreover, the initiative and referendum benefit the electorate at large. By them the people are brought in closer contact...