Word: faults
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Your statement that if some one should so far forget himself as to drink to excess at the hall, and be seen by some of the frequent visitors, Harvard would not only be severely handled by those who are always on the alert to find some fault, but would even be seriously misjudged by the many who are unprejudiced. But could not the same thing be said of men drinking anywhere, and do you not virtually say that the only safety lies in total abstinence...
...what is just as bad, utter incapacity for the duties assigned to them. We would like to ask who would satisfy the claims of the aggrieved parties if the hall should be closed on the date assigned. Never before has there been occasion to mention any such a serious fault as this in the financial department of the association, and, with no desire to be severe or unjust, we ask that the matter be thoroughly examined. Once for all, now that the affairs of Memorial have thrust themselves upon us, let us remove all opportunities for future mistakes or negligence...
...easy it would be for the authorities to do this; how an especial officer should be appointed, with a fair salary, to attend exclusively to the interests of the commons; or how well they could avoid the errors into which we have fallen. Understand us, that we find no fault with those who have hitherto managed the hall, but we feel that unavoidable mistakes have happened, not been made, from the very nature of the circumstances, and we think it has been shown conclusively that students cannot manage a dining association of the size and importance of Memorial Hall. There...
...good Review is even more generous yet: "The older colleges have a larger proportion of loafers. But this is not the fault of the colleges. Western colleges have less of this disturbing element now, but as they grow they will meet with the same difficulties. Indeed, some of our Western schools are even now passing the Eastern colleges in these unsatisfactory elements, and Ann Arbor, Northwestern and Oberlin may well congratulate themselves if, when they are as old as Harvard and Williams and Amherst, they turn out as fine gentlemen, as keen scholars and as earnest Christians. On this side...
...have not improved any in the last year; the singers are too familiar with one another, and indulge in too much extravagant stage-play. Every member of the company tries to subordinate music, dialogue, everything to their own presence, and the effect is decidedly unpleasant. We think that this fault has been occasioned by the long intimacy with "Pinafore," and, strange as it may sound, it is a fact that every opera that the Ideals sing, bears the impress of "Pinafore." All the popular operas will be given during their engagement, and will be announced, from...