Word: violent
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...when the annual Sophomore-Freshman rush was forbidden by the Faculty. An excerpt from the account is printed: "Dearly Beloved: We have met together upon this mournful occasion to perform the sad office over one whose long and honored life was put to an end in a sudden and violent manner. Last year at this very time, this very place, our poor friend's round, jovial appearance (slightly swollen, perhaps), and the elasticity of his movements, gave promise of many years more to be added to a long life, which even then eclipsed that of the oldest graduate...
Following the violent personal attack upon him made on the floor of the Senate Monday afternoon by Senator Borah, in which the Senator from Idaho denounced the attitude taken in the Lodge-Lowell debate on the League of Nations last spring, President A. Lawrence Lowell yesterday issued the following statement...
...League of Nations. The reasons are obvious. In the first place it is an experiment, previously broached, perhaps, but actually untried. It would further seem to surrender a part of the cherished sovereignty of nations. Many powerful arguments are launched against it. Yet the men who are most violent in its criticism are helpless when they are asked to provide a substitute...
Entrance into violent athletic contests in which there is always some danger of injury, must be a matter of the student's own choosing. All that the college can reasonably be expected to do, is to see that every man who enters is at least organically sound, and in fairly good physical condition...
With the superiority or the air uncertain, we can ill afford these delays. Violent methods to remedy them, such as the prospective criminal prosecution, must be resorted to. We shall have no adequate aircraft production until the men whose corrupt power has caused the failure of the program have completely been rooted...