Word: foolish
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...which have been agitating the college base-ball world during the past winter. The meeting will have an opportunity to discuss intelligently these questions. The misconceptions which have been so frequent can be explained away, and a chance will be given to talk the matter over sensibly without any foolish considerations of sentiment...
...rumor is in existence about college that certain members of '86 are endeavoring to revive the foolish custom of going to the theatre in a body, and to induce their classmates to join with them in the undertaking. It is greatly to be hoped that this rumor is unfounded. We can conceive of nothing more unfortunate than the revival of this custom at Harvard; nothing of late years has ever tended so much to hurt the reputation of Harvard in the outside world as the continuation of this harmful custom. To '85 belongs the honor of first abandoning...
...Students shall be slow to speake and eschew and in as much as in them lies, shall take care, that others may avoid all sweareing, lieing, curseing, needless asseverations, foolish talkeing, scurrility, babling, filthy speakeing, chideing, strife, raileing, reproacheing, abusive jesting, uncomely noise, uncertaine rumors, divulging secrets, and all manner of troublesome and offensive gestures, as being the [torn] should shine before others in exemplary life...
...second item is the repairing done to the launch. If any suspicion had been entertained that the launch was to cost for repairs about $800 it is probable that the launch would have been sold. When, however, several hundred dollars had been spent on the launch, it was deemed foolish to abandon it because it was to cost a hundred or two more. So through lack of knowing at first what repairs were necessary, this very large sum has been expended with only a partial success as a result. Alcorn, the machinist, has been paid, exclusive of work on launch...
...minds of some whether or not it is best to go to so much expense for an object which is likely to yield us but small returns. With no water but a crooked canal, half a mile from the college grounds, it does at first sight seem foolish, and yet those who profess to know, declare that even these are by no means insuperable difficulties, and have assured us that each successive crew was better than that of the preceding year. As yet we have accomplished little. To be sure, we have the Childs cup, but no great honor came...