Word: shunning
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...themselves hurtful, and lead to other associaions, the most important of which is gambling. Also they are apt to be mixed with poisonous adulterations which graduall ruin the system. In conclusion Dr. Peabody said: You are all in the way of peril and temptation. Do your utmost to shun it and make it your life purpose in all things to choose the better course that you may be fully prepared for service when you go to a higher home...
...facts. Although some of this dissatisfaction may be justly ascribed to the disappointment of disgruntled candidates, still we feel sure that a warning will not be out of place. Men upon whose shoulders rests so much responsibility cannot be too careful in their actions. The captain should shun any form of partiality. More than one race has been lost by an injudicious selection of men and it is our duty to prevent a repetition of this in the future as far as lies in our power. It is natural for the management of the freshman crew to look with indulgence...
...under the elective system men are tempted to, and actually do, take a "soft" courses with the expectation of getting high marks, and so "freezing" on to a big fat scholarship. This has become so large an evil that the high scholars almost invariably shun very valuable but difficult courses, except as extras...
...twenty-five scholars in the present senior class and can pick out eight of these men as being able to get along well without aid from the college funds? Let us trust that this omniscient writer himself is not one of these unfortunate high rank men who "almost invariably shun very valuable courses"! This would-be critic is at present unknown, but it is a pity that there should be even one man among us who thinks that he must ape the habits of men more wealthy than himself. Such a man is not likely to be popular among...
POSITION OF COLLEGE MENin the matter, there is a very erroneous, though popular, impression abroad. College men, certainly Harvard men, do not shun politics as a pestilence, as an unclean thing. They seek for a career which will give them a livelihood; the only offer of politics is uncertainty. It is said that our political affairs are being controlled by the wealthy classes. If that is so, it is because only wealthy men, or men of means, can afford to devote their time to the public service. On the other hand, it is commonly said that the majority of Harvard...