Word: torpid
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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When we read so frequently of the many trips of the various musical organizations of Yale, the torpid state of our own societies is brought vividly into prominence. The Yale Glee and Bajo Clubs have lately returned from a trip on which many of the western cities were visited and concerts given. This trip is but one of the many indulged in annually by the Yale musical associations, which show the interest taken in these matters by our sister college. The state of our societies suffer much in contrast. Although receiving invitations almost weekly to visit neighboring cities...
EDITORS DAILY CRIMSON. - A writer in your issue of Monday proposed as a remedy for cribbing that offenders be dealt with by a jury of undergraduates. It seems to me he does not go deep enough. If public opinion were not torpid on the subject, most of the cheating would stop at once; - few men would be willing to face the sure contempt of their friends even for forty per cent. A remark I heard lately, made by an upperclassman, is rather a striking illustration of how a good part of the college world looks at these things...
...first place, the preparation of almost a whole term's work in a week or ten days, when the receptive faculties of the mind have been in a nearly torpid state for several months, is a terrible strain, which will show its effects upon any one, no matter how strong he may be, both mentally and physically; it is like severe physical labor, after a long period of rest and idleness...