Word: absurdity
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...They have agreed, however, to put faith in their reason, because without it no progress can be made. This is even more true of religious faith. Absolutely no progress has been made by a people without religion. No civilized nation can exist or has existed without it. It is absurd to cite cases of individuals who are rationalists, and to say "these men have existed without religion." Religion was born in them, they were brought up under its influence and surrounded by its advocates. They cannot avoid its effects. So since religious faith is essential to our progress, even more...
...noising about of stories of college money-spending, but because we feel a sincere regret that Harvard alone has had to bear the brunt of accusations on this score, when she, perhaps less than her sister universities, has deserved such treatment. Harvard life has its abuses; it is simply absurd, however, not to see that abuses are not confined to Harvard life...
...committee on arrangements for the Harvard-Yale debate has practically completed its work and the work is well done. There has been some criticism of the plan of charging an admission fee, but all such criticism seems to us absurd. It has been claimed that people will not go to the debate if they have to pay an admission fee. To this we can only say that if it is true, things have come to a sad pass. Ten dollars is not too much to pay for a football contest, and it is ridiculous to suppose that people will...
...have a few more "cuts" granted him, he has to pass the same examination which other men pass and on the same standard of marking. Again, the writer cannot remember the name of any man prominent in college athletics who has since risen to prominence. This is most absurd. Without searching we remember men like Lodge, Winslow, Bancroft, Roosevelt, and the President of the University himself, all of whom were prominent in one or another branch of athletic exercise...
...which gets no applause, no reward of victory over an opponent, suffers very much by contrast. Special lines of athletics have largely taken the place of general exercise to the extent that the ordinary student rather laughs at light gymnastics. Yet this view of the matter is illogical and absurd. In an educational institution the body should be trained as much as the brain and much in the same way, not by spasmodic and violent exercise, but by slow, careful, intelligent drill. Obviously football, baseball and rowing are not the most important factors in the physical development...