Word: fairness
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...Phil. 4; Hist. 6 has been chosen by 38, and Hist. 7 by 40. Nine men have taken the new course in Physiological Psychology. This course conflicts with Hist. 6, and many men have therefore been unable to take it. A change ought to be made, if only for fair play...
...urged that the Freshman year should be a test of ability; but it should be a fair test. At present a great advantage is given to the students of mathematical propensities, and all others are made to pass through an ordeal which is unnecessarily and unfairly severe...
...giving up the study of many other things and renouncing their ambition. The only remedy for this, that we see, is to accept proficiency in final examinations as an equivalent for so many hours in the tabular view. We cannot see why such a substitution would not be perfectly fair. If one man has sufficient ability to learn as much Greek in one elective as another man does in two, why should he not be allowed the advantage which his natural capacity gives him? The test by which honors should be awarded is the amount of knowledge...
...most unsatisfactory of all the races. There were a number of fouls, and it was extremely difficult to decide on whom to lay the blame. Every account of the contestants differed in some points. As far as we can judge, the incidents of the race were as follows. A fair start was made, all the crews taking the water at the same time. The boats kept well together on the way up, and at the stakes Guild's crew was leading by a half-length, while the other two crews were about even. As Guild turned the stake...
WITH Poesy's fair chains I strive to bind...