Word: policeman
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...longer plausible. If the city of Cambridge is anxious to prevent accidents at the Pond, it seems to us it has adopted a very poor means for carrying out its plan. Now, there is a double incentive for daring boys to skate on the Pond in defiance of the policeman who patrols the shore; and the chance of his getting on the ice is much greater than if he were allowed to skate on the strong ice in plain sight of the policeman without fear of interruption. Besides, many men wait till evening, when they can enjoy the fine...
...freshmen of the Polytechnic Intitute of Troy, N. Y., who were raising a banner for '92 men, were chased and fired at by a policeman...
...There has been a great advance in mutual good feeling between 'town and gown' even within a score of years. A Cambridge policeman does not now represent 'all that is antagonistic to human interests,' even in the eyes of the freshest undergraduate. Harvard men and Cambridge society have very pleasant relations, and the annual graduation exercises of the city high school in Sanders theatre represent much more fairly the existing good feeling than does the petty criticism of Harvard as a foreign and non-taxpaying corporation...
...such unmitigated nuisances right in our midst is rather difficult of comprehension. We appeal to those who have authority in the matter, whosoever they may be. Are we to run serious risks of having our arms, legs or head smashed by a lot of careless, dare-devil youngsters? A policeman or two, hired by the college, would very soon put an end to the nuisance. Let up hope the hint will be taken...
...public opinion was felt. No man dared to cheat. Each man felt that the shame would be tenfold greater than if he should be caught cheating under the eye of a proctor. The element of daring, of dull satisfaction at the cunning evasion of the sharp glance of a policeman was entirely taken away. There was instead a feeling of pride that the instructor had shown his appreciation of the manhood of the students in his courses...