Word: unfair
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...serious step toward a place in the University or Freshman boat. The irregularity of certain men bears most unjustly upon these men, as every shift and change retards their development. The oarsmen who take the dormitory rowing practice as a voluntary exercise should bear in mind that they are unfair to their crew-mates individually and collectively when they fail to report...
...candidate for distinction or a contestant for a scholarship, marks are of the utmost importance. The result of the condition outlined above is to force such men to take courses in which they will not meet graduate competition. This is manifestly unfair, for it limits in their choice of electives those men to whom their courses are of greatest significance...
...decide just what this means is for us to stop and consider what we would deem courteous treatment were we on the side of the visiting team, and then we should accord such treatment to our guests. "Rattling" a visiting team is unsportsmanlike, for it is clearly taking an unfair advantage. This usually takes the form of organized cheering at times which the cheer leaders know are inopportune for our opponents, and is really more unfair than such recognized foul play as tripping a base-runner, for it is taking advantage of a circumstance over which the visiting team...
...according to the Catalogue, the vacation does not properly begin until Monday, and by that time all except the far-westerners will be at home. As a matter of fact no one can logically deny that the work of this term ends tomorrow, and it is grossly unfair to allow the Massachusetts men to begin their enjoyment at that time, while the rest are still in the throes of sleeping car inconveniences...
...American House, were intoxicated when they arrived at the dinner; and after assembling at their table they began the disturbance, in which they took the leading part. It appears that most of these men were members of a single Freshman organization, the Polo Club. It is manifestly unfair that the class should bear the blame for an exhibition of vulgarity actually occasioned by a small number of distinctly non-representative men; and in view of the publicity which has unfortunately attended the incident, it is important that the responsibility and attendant disgrace should be placed where they properly belong...