Word: unfairness
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...reading at the rate of 40 pages an hour, and that these books were in constant use, it would require exactly 14 days for the class to do the work. It is obviously impossible that the books be kept constantly in use during this time, and it is equally unfair to expect men to prepare for a conference two weeks in advance. Even if this system were practicable, it is a poor policy to require men to waste so much time waiting for books and not to make books as accessible as possible...
...Department of English has made a wise move in relieving from prescription in English A, Freshmen who have maintained a high grade in this course during the first half-year. There is, however, an unfairness, probably of omission rather than commission, connected with this change. As matters now stand, those men relieved from prescription must pay an additional fee, if they wish to continue English A as an elective half-course during the second half-year. This is palpably unfair, as it sets a premium on mediocrity. Such an error or oversight should be corrected at once. FRESHMAN...
...result of this system of reports is that a student of no ability can do almost any report in almost any course without having done the slightest amount of work and with no knowledge of the subject. The line between fair and unfair work becomes exceedingly vague, because without copying a report a man may write his own on the basis of another's work, without doing it himself. Much criticism is now being heard concerning the quantity of theses which must be written, but these, at least, demand a certain amount of protracted thought, which is far more than...
Although to the many undergraduates who have been looking forward to this great event, it is evident that the funny fellows have taken unfair advantage by holding secret practice, the CRIMSON team will emerge from the battle victorious by the score...