Word: unfairness
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...exercise of a preference for the descendants of Harvard men among the candidates for admission to the College would be unfair to the very ones it would be designed to benefit. The sons of Harvard men, like the sons of other men, must, sooner or later, come face to face with competition in the world, and they might as well meet it when they try to enter College as at any time. For their own good they should be made to stand on their merits. The sons of all Harvard men we know ask for no handicap; they want what...
...Larry--And what about your food? Is it rotten? Do you dribble it out? This is fundamental, Paymore, and I warn you, any improvement in quality or increase in quantity will constitute unfair competition, and will terminate your privileges in the club...
...Larry--Secondly, every Alimental Assassin must refrain from unfair competition against the other members. Are your dishes greasy, Paymore...
...Freshman, just finding himself in his field of concentration, the catalogue of courses seems a very unjust and unfair medium of class discrimination. With its multitude of catch clauses and baffling requirements, it hinders all but Juniors, Seniors, and exceptional scholars from studying under what are considered the really important professors...
...Whenever possible we refuse to take College Freshmen, for we consider that the are not yet oriented. It is unfair to expect them to know what they want. "In all work where other organizations send us workers we are much more ready to aid them when we sense an intelligent handling of work on their part. All these means, employed in Boston, should work equally well in the Phillips Brooks House...