Word: sit
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...life are borne by comparatively few men. This is not due to a lack of capable men, but to indolence both on the part of those who might take an active part in some interest, and of those in whose power many appointments rest. It is much easier to sit passively by and agree or criticize than it is to undertake the responsibility of making decisions, and lay onesself open to criticism; it is also much easier for those in authority to select men who have proved their ability in some other way, than to give the time necessary...
...rooms the air during recitations is so stale that long before the end of the hour the classes become drowsy and uncomfortable. This is rarely the fault of inadequate ventilation, but is in most cases due to indifference on the part of undergraduates. Men who despise personal uncleanliness will sit in a poisonous atmosphere and watch unconcerned some enemy of the race cut off all hope by fastening down the last window. In winter the desire for warm air, however thick it may be, has a superficial excuse, but in mild weather only the confirmed poison-inhaler can excuse...
...parade to the game today is to be an encouragement to the team and not a dampener of enthusiasm, it should include every undergraduate and graduate who can possibly make arrangements to march to the field. Many men who do not intend to sit in the cheering section should be able to join in the procession. All that prevents these parades from being as inspiring as they were a few years ago, is a gradual decline in the feeling of personal responsibility. If every man resolves to do his part toward making the parade a success, the team will...
...communication further objects that men who purchase a seat in a cheering section are not allowed to procure seats for their friends. This objection is clearly a reasonable one, and we believe that again it does not apply to this year's arrangements. Men who make sacrifices to sit in the cheering section should certainly be allowed to purchase as many tickets elsewhere as other Harvard men who go merely as spectators...
...majority of students in these courses where disturbances occur with systematic regularity do disapprove the method of expression at least. Without the least pretence of being in a position to preach against the faults of some childish students, we do feel that the majority should rule and not sit indifferently or with forced smiles while the same few, from self-appointed authority, make jokes of lectures and nuisances of themselves. It is a College tradition not to bear witness against a fellow-student; but there is an equally well-established tradition that College men can protect their rights when occasion...