Word: stupidly
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...present, requires. Although most of us are inclined to concur in the reply which one of the Harvard men involved in last spring's election "frauds" is said to have made to the court's query as to his earning capacity, to wit, that it is unlimited, yet this stupid question should be asked, and so long as the suffrage is not hedged with pecuniary qualifications, the matter of self-support, to one who is pursuing an education, should have nothing to do with his freedom to exercise his constitutional right as a citizen of the United States...
...fresher is the material around which Mr. Henderson writes his "Unseen Genius." The village half-wit who reads voraciously, with his doting mother and the stupid, brutal father, on whom he finally bends the horsewhip, is a perennially appearing subject. But here, too, there are bright spots. Mr. Henderson's local color is well painted; his realism (although I draw the line at mention of "Aunt Hitty's old entrails" being "stirred to the depths"--especially after Mr. Gowdy's remark that Jim Gowan's rival had not "a white spot in 'im from the guts up") is undeniably effective...
...shutout. The Crimson hitters were out for revenge and got to Gill when hits meant runs. The latter, however, pitched a creditable, game, lapses in his support playing a large part in the scoring Boston College had but one chance to score, and lost it through stupid base-running...
Seriously, the fundamental error of such arguments is the confusion of defence with aggression. Most of the so-called "militarists" agree that it is not only wicked but stupid to punish either a man or a nation for disagreeing with what we consider orthodox political principles. But when our opponent's particular variety of heresy leads him to invade our territory, destroy our property, and kill our citizens, we believe that a machine-gun will come in handier than a copy of "Briefs for Debate...
Perhaps the magazine as a whole, with its new purposes and policies, is more satisfactory than any one thing in it. The editorials are either rather stupid or extremely clever. It is unfortunate that the unusual ability expended upon "Room-mates" and "Our Friends the Squirrels" could not have brightened up the criticism of the College Library and the rather perfunctory remarks about the navigation of the Charles. The damning indictment of the parsimonious Freshman Class will, however, receive the unqualified approval of the Seniors...