Word: fatalism
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Nothing could be more fatal to our country," he said, "than to have its college men become a separate caste, alienated from the experiences and aspirations, and estranged in sympathy and understanding from the burdens and sorrows of the great masses of men. There is no danger of such alienation springing from absorption in learning or in scholastic interests. The danger will come, if at all, in viewing a college course exclusively as the surest way to material success and personal gain...
...then the conflict waged about Darwin. Many earnest persons argued that no college professor should be allowed to support the Darwinian theory lest the young college man lose his religion. The investigation of evolution continued, however; the Darwinians won, and no one now contends that the results have been fatal to religion or morality...
...feel," said Professor Holmes, "that a disaster, fatal to national education, is impending and will crush it out unless steps are taken immediately to ensure its safety. This is a time when the services that can be rendered through the schools should be brought to the attention of all college...
After these first fatal minutes the Brown eleven struck its stride. By taking advantage of the breaks they kept the Crimson team from piling up an imposing score, which looked probable because of the ease with which the touchdown was made. A fumble by Coulter, recovered by R. K. Kane '22 on the Brown 32-yard line, looked like a chance for a second score, but a University offside penalty spoiled the attack. Brown rallied and forced R. Horween to try for a field goal; which failed...
King "Dope" has been reluctant to choose the University as a probable winner today, but more than one king has recently displayed fatal weakness in choosing winners. It is hardly necessary, however, to emphasize that a large attendance by members of the University will encourage entrants to victory as well as express proper courtesy toward the visitors from other colleges and universities...