Word: suspicion
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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EDITORS DAILY CRIMSON. - I wish to call the attention of the proctors to a few practical matters connected with the examinations. Let each man of you make sure, the day before the examinations begin, that both his shoes are quite free from squeak. If there is the least suspicion that the soles are stiff-jointed, pray soak them every night in oil or water, so that your presence in the room next morning may be as unsubstantial as possible...
...specialist at the Universities finds himself a marked man, with a weaf of hay upon his horns; he is looked upon with mingled feelings of suspicion and pity. That there can be any knowledge outside of the curriculum of the University, or if there is, that it is of any value, is not dreamed of. The specialist who pleads in behalf of another kind of learning is considered a fanatic. "We don't want original researches," I have heard it said, "but good all-round men," that is to say, the best specimens of the crammer who have a smattering...
...party. Another change in the Bursar's regulations is that the declaration about having engaged the room for one's own occupancy is no longer required in exchanging rooms. As we cannot see that this omission will operate to the disadvantage of room-holders, we regard it with great suspicion...
...year or more is too far removed from the scene of college activities to be warped by prejudice or enthusiasm. Moreover, no college would elect a man as umpire whom, after a trial of four years within its walls, it had found to be liable to the least suspicion of partiality or worse motives in judging. For the honor of the college would be at stake to choose a representative who would not jeopardize its reputation. Again, compare the alumnus with the professional umpire. Is it reasonable to suppose that there is less honesty and impartiality in a leading college...
...York and Pennsylvania are also much better endowed than those of Ohio, and are vastly richer in libraries and apparatus. Michigan, with only nine colleges, shows up better than Ohio in the provision made for their support, These figures, which might be tediously multiplied, give rise to the suspicion that many of our colleges are, in fact, little better than academies, and are colleges only in name, and this suspicion is rather confirmed by the disproportionate number of scholars in the preparatory departments in the regular college course...