Word: harm
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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This evil has already done so much harm at Harvard that anything which would be likely to lessen or sweep it away should be encouraged by all means...
...Harvard-or, for the matter of that, any college-can not afford to slight such opinions of her graduates, especially as the communication of "Graduate," who evidently has the athletic welfare of his alma mater at heart, was only a mild criticism and suggestion. Such criticisms can do no harm, and very often do much good, and certainly do not call for such a spiteful and childish retort...
...lecture treated the subject of Private versus State Railroads. Since 1833 the history of attempts of state railroads to evade and repudiate debts has been decidedly against the railroads, many of which were the means of misdirecting capital. It is perfectly safe to say the harm outweighed the good. Attempts in France to fund railroads degenerated into very much of the same scramble as a River and Harbor bill in this country. In the thickly populated parts of Italy, railroads were organized and built under government-control. In the poorer districts of the north, private corporations were allowed the right...
...meeting of the Harvard Base-Ball Association, for the union of the different athletic organizations of the university. The prime objects of this union are the regulation of expenses and consolidation of athletic interests. I should like to see such an union formed here. It certainly could do no harm and probably would be very beneficial. It would undoubtedly be more economical, for, as the system is at present, there is a tendency to extravagance. Each association receives subscriptions and makes expenditures independent of the others and has a separate set of officers. This is of course necessary...
...empowered to voice the sentiments of the college at large. If notices are posted early to-day, there will be little trouble in getting together a large number of men. Yale naturally has her own welfare at heart; she must recognize the fact that she will do herself more harm than good, by cutting loose from Princeton and Harvard; and if these two colleges come out strongly in favor of the new league, Yale will doubtless be persuaded to change her opinion...