Word: unfairness
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...regarded as a two-years' course, if desired; that the plans of a score of students are now arbitrarily set at naught, - all this is of no moment compared with a technical objection. It is but just to state that the instructors in English are not responsible for this unfair decree, but on the contrary have upheld the rights of their men, - a course which entitles them to the gratitude of the College. In this connection, it is to be noticed that similar injustice has deprived several others of the privilege of reading the remainder of Herodotus in a second...
...obtain good marks under certain instructors, it would seem as if the proper way to avoid this difficulty would be by specifying the courses of these instructors as extras at the outset, since there need be no hesitation in so doing, if they, as the Advocate states, are confessedly unfair as regards marks. As we have before said, we do not see how the Faculty can be blamed for the new regulation...
...been despoiled of the advantages of their rightful position, the last. The reason why the last place should be deemed the better is probably because the judges are believed to be less critical towards the end of the speaking than at the beginning. The change, however, is not so unfair as it may seem. The present Junior class will have their turn at last place next year; no one is placed under a disadvantage, the only fault being that this advantage, if it be one, will have been given twice to the present Senior class. But it may be doubted...
...above letter by the Dean to the Advertiser ought certainly to convince all who have heard no more than the newspaper accounts of this difficulty of the unfair light in which the journals placed the matter before the public. We cannot repeat too often to those who are not acquainted with the &Phi. B. K. Society that the character of its members is above reproach for quietness and orderly conduct, and we are glad to record the reprimand passed by the Police Commissioners upon the uncalled-for brutality of the officer. In future, it may teach policemen to distinguish between...