Word: riot
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...England, a well-timed riot or two and a judicious use of explosive are often necessary, some say, to call the attention of Parliament to any crying evil. Now we do not wish to make comparisons any more odious than necessary, but we cannot help feeling that there is quite a parallel case near at hand; and those of us who are not over-gifted with the calm and tranquil mind, now and then regret the extinction of certain good old college customs, that have in times past, constrained the attention of our college Parliament in a similiar manner...
...population is exonerated, the majority are not of exceptional intellect. It is very difficult in criminal cases to impanel a jury who are wholly unpredjudiced, while in civil cases a higher order of men are required than we get at present. He cited the cause of the late Cincinnati riot as an argument in favor of abolishing the present system of trial by jury. Mr. Fraser, '86. opened for the negative and read a very pointed paper. Mr. Fraser desired that the criminal laws and practice should be reformed but called for consideration upon what would be gained...
...cases." Mr. E. J. Smith, '85, and Mr. W. C. Boyden, '86, are the principal disputants for the affirmative and Mr. E. C. McInnes, S. S., and Mr. H. E. Fraser, '86 for the negative. This question has been brought prominently before the public by the recent Cincinnati riot and an interesting discussion upon it may be expected...
...partially surmised might be the case last Saturday in reprinting telegraphic accounts of a bowl-rush and "riot" at the University of Pennsylvania, the account given was considerably exaggerated and prejudiced. The following description of the rush from an impartial outsider, the New York Times, sets the matter in a better light. As a whole it cannot be said, however, that the affair reflects credit on either party. The students apparently put themselves in the position of an ungentlemanly mob, and as such deserved the correction they obtained. If for nothing less than a description of a curious-relic...
...SERIOUS AFFAIR.The following is a report of a disgraceful riot created by students in Philadelphia: "During the annual bowl breaking at the University of Pennsylvania on Thursday the crowd of excitable students got into the street, destroying considerable property. Some of them had their clothing badly torn, policemen remonstrated with the young men, but without avail. When the officers arrested George Danby, one of the participants in the melee, the crowd turned upon and assaulted the police, hurling bricks, stones and tin cans at them. Officer Murphy was struck on the head with a brick, and Officer Conner received...