Word: libelous
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...disgruntled graduate, writing in The Forum some years ago, distinguished the Lampoon as the only paper in the University which wasn't afraid to tell the truth. His statement was a rank libel, but it has its germs of fact. One reads the CRIMSON to read about local events, and the Illustrated to see pictures of them; the Advocate is a sample of what the undergraduates are writing. But if one is hunting for the quintessence of the University, the thrice-distilled spirit, the punch, as it were; at present as in the past, one goes to the Lampoon...
...quarters at the Infirmary before bathing in this "too filthy" "breeding-place of disease." Then, lest our undergarments become carriers of disease, he begs us refrain from washing our "light clothing" in this "laundry-tub." Can this mean other than that Mr. Woodbridge '17 is holding the University authorities libel for criminal negligence in failing to prevent their students from firing with sickness? Is he not casting slurs upon the character of the swimming team manager? For surely it would be only the most unscrupulous of persons who would fall to report such irregularities as the correspondent alleges...
Never has a meaner or more cowardly charge been brought against Harvard University than that made in yesterday morning's issue of the New York Sun. In the article in question, the insinuations made against Capt. Cabot are absolutely false and nothing short of libel; in fact they are exactly what one would expect from some sensational newspaper, rather than from a paper of the Sun's standing...
...Federal Government has overshadowed the State Governments. A. It has encroached on the powers of the states in violation of the constitution in the following cases: (1) The "libel law" of 1798 lacked the warrant of the Constitution (N. A. R. 132 p. 410). (2) Under color of levying customs it has taken charge of nearly every industry in the country. (3) It has given to telegraph companies, created by one state, license to place their lines through other states. (4) Congress has appointed supervisors and deputy marshals to oversee elections (N. A. R. 132, p. 411). (5) State officers...
...question rises, What attitude shall Harvard present to its critics under these trying circumstances? Shall we have an indignation meeting or shall we allow this latest libel to take its place with many others in the forgotten past? We believe that the best interests of our college can be served by assuming towards such attacks the utmost indifference. As an honest man can live through the worst of slanders, so the honest purposes of the University can survive the utterances of a few jealous individuals. The past history of Harvard is filled with successes. Something more than insults is needed...