Word: fairness
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...rooms last Tuesday. Of course, we all know that some must be disappointed, and therefore try to bear it with equanimity. But what adds to our disappointment is a thought which is apt to suggest itself to us, however unpleasant it may be, that we are not getting fair treatment. If we were sure that every thing was square and above-board, and that we had an equal chance with every other man, we would go our way in peace, simply regretting our bad luck...
However good the present system for assigning rooms may seem on paper, every student knows that, in reality, it is open to many objections. It is about time that some better system were adopted which would give every man a fair chance, and which would not be liable to so many abuses. In the first place, the rule is that seniors are allowed to retain their rooms for their own occupation. But they are not allowed to transfer their rooms in case they decide not to occupy them in person. So reads the catalogue. Now this regulation would be perfectly...
...matter of congratulation that the question of the date of our race with Yale is at last as good as settled. The arrangement proposed is eminently fair; and the action of Yale in yielding to the earnest wishes of Harvard is graceful and courteous. It is to be hoped that the proposal will meet with no further obstacles to its final adoption...
...went behind the scenes between the acts, so that Mlle. Rhea might be presented to him. 'I admire all of Washington very much,' she said in reply to a question. 'And all Washington admires you very much,' gallantly responded the President, who has not forgotten how to charm the fair sex as adroitly as he manages politicians...
...WEATHER.WASHINGTON, D. C., April 17, 1882-1 A. M. For New England fair weather, westerly winds, stationary barometer and higher temperature...