Word: faults
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...great stress upon athletic contests. Much as we deem the writer of the article egregiously ignorant about our affairs, there can be no doubt that Harvard is not exempt from the evils which always beset a large body of society-composed entirely of men, but that is no particular fault of ours. What can be laid at our door is a certain triviality in dealing with affairs, and a provinciality in regard to the outside world, but great as has been the misfortune occasioned by such ignorance, it is not true that no improvement is visible. No one who entered...
...Imagination in Architecture" is a good attempt, but it fails to prove anything, through the self-same fault of which the writer accuses Ruskinmere assertion. The writer begins by abusing Ruskin for asking us to accept his statements on simple faith, and then turns round and asks his readers to believe that the effect produced on him (the writer) by a certain style of architecture is the same which would be produced on everyone. The paper is not long enough for a thorough ventilation of the subject, and is therefore, rather unsatisfactory...
Although complaints have been frequent, no one has heretofore proposed any practicable plan to reform the present state of affairs at Memorial. Recently a gentlemen, unconnected with the college, made a thorough examination of the subject, and presents a number of excellent suggestions. The principal fault to be found with Memorial fare is the poor cooking of the food, due to the insufficient number of cooks, the overtaxing of their patience by the order system and to the absence of sufficient supervision over the kitchen. That the bad quality of the food is due to poor cooking is seen from...
...management of the athletic teams, we desire to draw the attention of the freshman class to the fact that a debt is still hanging over the eleven. That a debt, small one though it is, should still exist at this late hour, strikes us as showing a fault of management rather than a refusal on the part of the class to remove it by subscription...
...substances known to the practical world. What would he be compelled to do if he should see the stairs all ablaze below? He would either have to jump at the risk of his life or be roasted alive. The college authorities ought to take some step to remedy this fault. It they do not, they will, perhaps, experience some catastrophe that will open their eyes...