Word: unfairly
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...will, I think, agree with him. In my opinion, at any rate, cheating in examinations is so rare as to be almost negligible. Nor ought there to be a sense of humiliation because of the presence of a proctor; he is there to protect the honest against the unfair competition of the possibly dishonest. To call that "espionage" is, it seems to me, improper; as well take offence at the mildly inquiring eye of the policeman on your beat. The so-called honor system which Mr. Macgowan advocates has, so far as I can see no real and certain advantages...
...method, except the examinations, of testing the students' ability, but in many other courses it does seem that reports and conference papers are crowded on us in too great profusion. The result is a tendency to turn out superficial and hasty work, and in some cases to resort to unfair means. If there could be some reduction of the amount, the standard of scholarship could be kept just as high, and an undesirable temptation would be removed...
...Athletic Committee. We have not heard whether it is being held under consideration at the present time, but as very few meetings of the Committee remain before the end of the term, we risk the criticism of over-persistence by again urging the Committee to abolish this unfair regulation before the year is over. It has already done considerable harm and apparently no good, and it should be done away with before it has a chance to influence another athletic year...
...good exhibition by the home team; short cheers are an excellent means of encouraging the men when they go to bat; but the pumped cheering and confused hub-bib during an exciting moment are decidedly out of place in an amateur intercollegiate contest. Not only is such applause unfair to the visitors. It is a great question whether it does not tend to confuse and excite the University players...
...victory. It is all very well to try to win and to try hard, and it is well for every member of the University to be normally enthusiastic for the team's success. But should we go so far as to make the cheering a rather hysterical and often unfair attempt to compel victory, rather than a recognition of good playing by the teams...