Word: fatalism
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...last meeting read, the vote on the merit of the question taken, which resulted in 116 affirmatives to 5 negatives, and then Mr. Osborn, L. S., opened the debate for the affirmative. He reviewed all the proceedings of the anarchists in Chicago until they culminated in the fatal catastrophe of last May, for which seven men are now held responsible. He showed that arms had been furnished to various organizations of workingmen with orders to kill the capitalists, and then quoted from one of their speeches: "If you would no longer be slaves, you must kill, you must throttle...
Yesterday afternoon Harvard was compelled to play her change battery and a substitute against the strongest college team outside of Yale, Princeton and Harvard. The result was fatal. The game throughout was played without snap or energy, the batting by Harvard was weak and careless, although many hits would not have been made in any event for Van Wormer pitched a fine game. Williams could not hit Bingham at all except Burden, whose batting was a feature of the game...
...warrants the statement that there is a splendid chance for improvement. Although the playing is bad, yet there seems to be a disposition to eradicate that evil. In time the disposition may conquor. The performance with the Bowdoins on Saturday was pitiable at times. A repitition would be fatal. Upon Saturday the eventful opening of the College League series takes place. We understand that a large delegation of Harvard men are going to New York to see the initial game with Columbia. In times past, lack of support has been complained of, but Harvard will be well represented on Saturday...
...Following are three sweet, dreamy stanzas, entitled "Homeward." They improve on second reading, and with the couplets headed "Another Answer," bring the verse of this issue much above the average. Between the these two intervenes a not very pointed and somewhat cynical story, "Broen's Mistake." It has one fatal fault that it is not true to nature; now who does write truely cannot act truely, and his work is evil...
...nearness of these crucial tests, this new regulation requires us punctually to hand in the books in enrich the seal of our doom is soon to be written. Let every one take warning, enrich the Cooperative by so many cents and litter the desks of recitation-rooms with the fatal blue-book in good time...