Word: fairness
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...LITTLE daisy, daisy fair...
...meant that they did n't have to go to them, but he told me that if he did n't go, some of the Professors would mark him zero for not going. Is that so? I guess he was funning; anyhow, I don't think it's fair. I ask you this, because I am getting out a hand-book on the "Elective System at Harvard," explaining it to outsiders, and I want to have a few facts. It will be published at the Riverside Press...
...duties and dangers, by the announcement that 50 per cent on the year's work will be required for admission to the Senior class, and that two hundred censure-marks, instead of three hundred, will incur special probation. This is sad news to the sybarite, but it seems only fair that those who enjoy the same privileges as Seniors should be called upon for an equal amount of hard work. The action of the Faculty is simply another step taken in raising the standard of the bachelor's degree...
...mark the position of each hurdle, quarter-mile, etc. We would also suggest to the Executive Committee that this year they ring a bell in all the longer races when the men enter on the last lap. A cinder path is, of course, impossible this year, but a very fair track, like the old one, can be made by taking up the sod, and watering and rolling the earth beneath. We hope to see a large contingent from the Freshman class, if from no other, taking strong work upon the path, when it is laid out, every...
...heavenly light, while I, divinely fair...