Word: whims
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...when a man could probably with practice do something for the University and shrinks from the attempt out of pure languidness; when he refuses to do anything unless he feels confident that he himself will be chiefly benefited; when, in a word, he chooses to indulge his own whim, rather than aid the University, then he is contemptible. We should like to see a sentiment here that would stigmatize every such...
...course. It still persists in making a large part of the college waste a great deal of time standing in line, in giving the members of the college no better claim than the general public, and in leaving the limit of tickets unrestricted, or restricted only by the temporary whim of the management. We cannot but fear that the plan of leaving the limit of tickets undecided will lead to not a little hard feeling, and the criticism, just or unjust, that partiality was shown. Then we must ask how the seats ordered by letter are to be assigned...
...cannot permit our agreements with you to be thrown over by the whim of any outside body and then begin anew as if no agreement had been reached. Your suggestion that your athletic committee bears the same relations to your athletic organizations that our faculty does to ours is most surprising, Permit us to inform you that our faculty interferes with our games only so far as they interfere with college exercises. It does not dictate to us as to what college we shall play. It does not attempt to fix our dates nor even to cancel agreements because perchance...