Word: freedom
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...come to subsist between instructors and pupils, and a clearer notion of what is expected of them would remain with the latter. Prof. White's advice and ideas will certainly be carefully considered by his hearers. He began by intimating that the spirit of apathy and procrastination which the freedom of the lecture system allowed and unfortunately seemed to foster among the students, might necessitate its abandonment or modification by the college; for it seemed to lead directly to the pernicious habit of "cramming," a habit fatal to good scholarship and entirely evil in its effects. "If this spirit...
Lord Lieut. Cowper has refused to permit the presentation of the freedom of Dublin to Messrs. Parnell and Dillon within Kilmainham jail...
They do things better in the West. To be sure, it might be said that the freedom of the press is somewhat infringed upon, but then the majesty of the law must be vindicated at all hazards! At a certain "university" we wot of, whenever the college papers are smitten with a reform fever and begin to cry out for a reform in college administration, the editors are promptly "summoned," and sternly warned to mend their evil ways. If this does not prove effective harsher measures are sometimes adopted; the terrors of suspension are sometimes brought into requisition...
Another great victory has been won by the Parnellites. The "freedom" of Dublin has been granted Parnell and Dillon...
...trustees and the faculty had the right to enact and enforce rules, prohibiting the existence of Greek-letter societies in their college. The plaintiff claimed that the rule in question was one that was unreasonable, and could not be legally enforced, as its tendency was to abridge the freedom of thought and action of individuals. The decision of Judge Vinton was delivered on Saturday morning, the entire bar being present to hear his rulings. The opinion was quite lengthy, and went over all the ground, and was replete with quotations from decisions bearing on the subject. The gist...