Word: evilness
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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While Police Commissioner Enright of New York was taking a vacation on the Caribbean Sea, a great hullabaloo was raised over the "crime wave" which was convulsing the city because of the evil ways in which the police had fallen. Figures appeared showing the prevalency of crime and the failure of the police to handle the situation. At the same time the department under fire refused to allow any inspection of its records, or even to answer questions. When Commissioner Enright returned, he published an explosive letter condemning the "muckraking" tactics of newspapers and denying the existence of a crime...
...another column of the CRIMSON will be found a communication from the Chairman of a former Class Day Committee. The letter points out a real evil which arises from the fact that men are elected by their classmates to the Committee not because of any special ability in doing the work required, but because their prominence in athletics or other fields deserves recognition. Obviously there is no reason for placing in the hands of athletes the entire responsibility for the success of Class Day. The work properly belongs to men of recognized business ability, who have the time to spend...
...class actively and well. Coming as it does from a former Chairman, the suggestion should have the serious attention of the Student Council. Whether this plan solves the problem or not, something must be done immediately so that the coming Senior elections will not see a repetition of an evil that has been too long ignored...
...reverse the situation and train the soldier to be a good citizen. If recruiting is stimulated to such an extent that the whisper of "militarism" is heard again, it will be sufficient to recall that no longer is the soldiery an end in itself. It is a necessary evil which can perhaps be made more and more necessary because it will be less and loss an evil...
...this campaign the support of practical business men will be lacking. There is a vast difference between the evil done by alcohol and that done by tobacco. Both are bad for anyone if used injudiciously, just as eating, walking, reading, and innumerable other things are bad if done without moderation. Here lies the great difference--alcohol has caused much misery in the world, but this can hardly be said of tobacco. If a man uses tobacco immoderately, he works harm only to himself; this is not, however, sufficient reason for prohibiting...