Word: foolish
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...course in phonography be established in the college. Bogus names were affixed to the petition by some person who wished to be funny, and defaced as it was, as the Era says, the probabilities of its being granted are greatly lessened. We do not wish to comment upon the foolish action of affixing the bogus names, for that has already been handled severely enough in a very sensible editorial in the Era, but would observe that a course in phonography - an elective to be taken as regular college work by those who desired - would be very useful at Harvard, certainly...
...operative Society, has become metamorphosed into a very troublesome boomerang. The Co-operative Society could not wish for better fortune than to be thus assailed. It has now become a matter of honor with every Harvard student to lend the society his heartiest support in opposition to this foolish attack upon its interests and their own. The Co-operative Society may be only an experiment, but as such the students of Harvard are bound to give it every opportunity and all possible aid in proving its usefulness and justifying its establishment. If it fails it will fail because of other...
...still they made the foolish boast...
...college men of any sort. It is simply misrepresentation and misstatement to say of Harvard's system that "It dazzles us with the rich variety of electives, and, somehow, produces the impression that a student can take them all in the four years." It would certainly be a very foolish person who would receive such an idea. Further: "The idea that a certain amount of information and a certain familiarity with the lines of thought in each of the leading departments of human knowledge is essential to an education, is wholly ignored." We will venture to state as to this...
...reaffirming the resolution of last July calling upon President Bartlett to resign, has caused considerable comment in the college, the general opinion seeming to be that, while it might have been well for the president to have resigned at the time of the first resolution, it is now a foolish and unfortunate idea to revive a disturbance hurtful to the college and once settled, especially since the actions of the president have shown such good-will towards the college, and zeal in urging its interests...