Word: fairness
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...have no sympathy with the sentimentality which defends a bad custom just because it is an old custom. I believe that the scrimmage about the Tree is not only an old custom but a good one. I believe that it can be and has been conducted in a manly, fair way, and that hundreds of graduates look back upon it as one of their happiest. Class Day memories. The customs and traditions that are left to Harvard men are few enough, and we should treasure those few jealously. It may be too late for us to save this cherished ceremony...
...sure, will not use their authority to ride rough-shod over the wishes of the vast majority of those most concerned in this matter. They will not destroy that which we regard as an institution, without having previously determined by an accurate vote that they have convinced a fair sized minority of us that it should be abolished. It seems not to be asking too much, therefore, that in this instance they permit a referendum to the Seniors or to the University at large...
Some of the new material is promising and the prospects seem fair for a good crew...
...condition of the ice for skating at the various ponds and rivers in the vicinity is as follows: Jamaica Pond, fair; Chandler and Strong ponds a Oak Square, fair; Spy Pond, good; Lower Mystic at West Medford, good; Charles River at Waltham, fair; Cow Pond at Spring St., good; Dedham Pond at Dedham, good...
...desirable that the class should be represented by excellent clubs; but the great benefit to the members, not only in musical training but in a social way, should make every place on the clubs eagerly contested for. Membership in one of the clubs will put a Freshman in a fair way to become acquainted with many of his class and through their Cambridge concerts with some of the best people in Cambridge...