Word: let
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...accomplish the task in two days or less, we begin to appreciate the value of the so-called "review of the course". The CRIMSON believes that this admirable aid toward obtaining the proper perspective in almost any course is by no means employed to the extent it should be. Let us briefly examine the arguments for and against the practice...
...false conception of liberty which looks upon it as a system of disconnected parts, free from co-operation. Freedom is the chance to relate oneself to the force and activity of the mass without destroying oneself, and does not exist in factories where the operatives beg reformers to let things be for fear that reforms will simply cause more suffering and hardship for them, rather than a comparatively slight sacrifice on the part of the employer...
...during the day. We find, however, that a black list relates the names of 52 men who have failed to return the books even within half an hour after the required time. Now that the mid-year period is upon us, these reference books become doubly valuable. Let no man be so mean as to break intentionally a rule established so evidently for the common good...
...football team, crew, or nine, which was so promising a few weeks before, starts for New London or New Haven in an apparently hopeless condition. At this point it might be parenthetically stated that the cause of the commotion is himself considered to be very little to blame. Let us proceed one stage further. Suppose that a substitute on any major sport squad breaks training. At once it is whispered about and the man is disgraced. Indeed, such incidents are so rare that nowadays we seldom if ever hear of them. These three cases represent the facts. From them several...
...when we realize that in material harm to the team (which today is acknowledged to be nearer the undergraduate heart than any other organization) probation far exceeds an occasional forbidden cigar or theatre party. It is far worse to Iose an excellent athlete for a whole season than to let an equally brilliant man break training once or twice a year. The opposition will say that with training a man is put on his honor, and breaking training is equivalent to breaking his word. Hence, the prevailing contempt of the act. This is as it should...