Word: judgment
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...that the management is needlessly or wilfully extravagant, but that the want of economy arises from the careless way in which expenses are incurred and accounts kept. The manager and captain are almost omnipotent in financial arrangements, and the mass of contributors have no opportunity whatever of passing judgment on the measures taken. At the end of the year accounts are audited by a committee and found to be all right. If the expenses have seemed too large to any contributor or he system wrong, all he can do is to refuse to contribute the next year. Thus...
Following Mr. Perry's article is an exceedingly vigorous and entertaining review of George Meredith. The writer seems fairly to have overstepped the usual limitations of college literary work, though the fairness of his judgment is somewhat hampered by his inability to recognize the faults of his author. The sketch entitled "Maurice Grande's Wife," suffers much from cruelty of thought and expression, and the theme is far from elevating or interesting. "The Mill of the Gods," is a fanciful piece well told in few and well-chosen words...
...judgment should not be hasty, but yet the plan seems admirable in every respect. A full meeting to night could do no better than sanction the proposition submitted by the directors...
...great style. La Marche and Strebeigh carried off the honors for Columbia. Cameron and Willard both played good ball at first. The umpiring of Mr. Pearce gave universal satisfaction to the unprejudiced. Although he was compelled to make many close decisions on bases, he seemed to show great judgment and impartiality. The errors by Harvard were made almost entirely in poor throws to first, while Columbia was good in that respect, but failed to show up as well in quickness of judgment at critical points. The game as a whole was the best that the nine has played this year...
...enquiring into the position of the faculty towards such a student, All possible witnesses are interrogated, but, as the "Dickinsonian" says, "it is very seldom that a witness is found who will tell all that he knows." What are the faculty to do? Shall they use their judgment in default of anything else? They have done so lately, and it is safe to say they are not themselves satisfied with what they have done. It should be distinctly remembered that the members of the college are here for scholastic instruction, and as in school the teacher must keep order...