Word: meaningless
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...days ago you published a letter from the Class Committee which stated that the wearing of caps without the gowns after the coming recess would be meaningless. In regard to this it seems that wearing the caps would be very significant, for if a man had on the cap it would be just as apparent that he was a Senior as it would be if he had on both the cap and gown, and this is the main object of wearing either of them, that a man may wear something which makes him appear a Senior, not for the benefit...
...regard to the wearing of caps without gowns, irrespective of the time of wearing them, the Class Day Committee desire to say that they do not believe it advisable to separate the two, since to them it appears that the caps without the gowns are meaningless...
...doubt as to the intention. As to the insult to the class suggested by the writer in Wednesday's CRIMSON, I think the laughter at the time of the interruption to the lecture puts that well out of question. Granting that the trick was foolish, granting that it was, meaningless (which would remove the insult), granting that it was too bad to lose the lecture, it is still making a mountain of a mole hill to talk of "insults...
...hesitates to draw attention to an act which shows that a boyish, not to say unmanly, spirit from which we had hoped Harvard was free, still persists among us, if only in the case of individuals. But the meaningless prank which brought to an untimely end the last lecture in English 8 yesterday morning, should not be allowed to pass without comment. It not only prevented the class from hearing the summary and conclusion of a remarkably interesting series of talks on one of the great periods of literature; it was not only an act of gross discourtesy...
...sufficiently well bred to act like gentlemen on all occasions. No matter what the provocation may be, the presence of +++ndies at least ought to be a check to such proceedings as these referred to. We would particularly emphasize the fact that this hissing and stamping are perfectly meaningless to the average visitor. Moreover, they seldom accomplish their purpose. The stranger either stands it until it becomes unendurable and then withdraws, or until notified by a director or waiter that he is expected to remove...