Word: foolishly
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...proposal is not a new one; in the past all efforts to combine the Advocate and Monthly have come to naught because of individual jealousies and foolish sentiment for traditions. The CRIMSON believes that never before have the undergraduates so keenly felt the need of but one literary paper, and urges as strongly as possible that this year all petty jealousies be set aside and the union, which would be of such great benefit to literary talent in the University, be completed so that the re-organized board may start its work next fall...
...negative in their rebuttals showed how ineffective the initiative and the referendum are in the eight states that have them. In these states they have never been used for reforms. It was pointed out how foolish it was to think of each voter pondering over a ballot of over four feet in length, filled with bills printed in small type and giving each careful thought before casting his ballot
...more than six thousand words concerning problems of Harvard College or Harvard University. Here is a chance for the undergraduate or graduate to express his reforming views through a new channel. One hears suggestions on all sides many of which appear wise but most of which appear foolish. They come to the public eye in fragmentary and impressionistic form in editorials, in communications, or in speeches. If there is anything behind this, any enthusiastic and constructive thought this competition ought to bring it out. We hope that it can bring some valuable suggestions before us, for the University after...
...Seniors, as they are being measured for caps and gowns (somewhat tardily we find), see anything in wearing this traditional academic costume but a pleasing novelty or a foolish tradition. But it is one of the significant customs which emphasizes the age of the College, like the sudden appreciation of the fact that Richelieu was still living when John Harvard gave his foundation fund for the school at "New-towne." Academic gowns originated in English law, for in the fourteenth century our ancestors in the universities at Oxford and Cambridge had apparently fully as varied, and as violent tastes...
...pointed out the foolishness of ever saying that Yale is easy to beat; it is as foolish as saying that it is impossible for Harvard to win. The fact should never be lost sight of that Yale teams have back of them. Walter Camp, the father of American football and perhaps the greatest strategist of the game...