Word: childishly
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...attitude of Harvard undergraduates with reference to the question of intercollegiate football seems to me to be totally mistaken. I cannot agree with those who say that it is our duty to submit to the desire of the Faculty without a word. There is such a thing as violent, childish kicking against authority; there is also such a thing as a courteous, manly expression of conviction, and how exception can be taken to the latter, I cannot see. In the present instance the Faculty have acted contrary to what undergraduates with practical unanimity believe to be the good...
...doubtless inevitable that there should be some manifestations of a childish exuberance of spirits about the yard last night. In justice to the freshmen it must be said that in almost no case of disturbance were they the aggressors. "Bloody Monday Night" dies slowly, but as the lower classes become year by year more influenced by the spirit of manliness and common sense which prevails in the University, the end is sure to come...
Most of the men have tried hard, and, meeting so many discouragements, they deserve praise for it, victory or no victory. Some of the men have not taken their poor work to heart, and one of the men has shown on the field a childish lack of self-control. These things are not to be forgiven, but, on the other hand, they are not to blind students to the good effort made by the other...
...fielding erratic. As usual, however, the worst feature was the head work. The nine did such work in base-running and in attempting put-outs as would have been expected from men just beginning to learn the game. Harvard men could not but be ashamed of these childish plays...
...compilation of English prose and poetry for young folks. This compilation is now ready, and is soon to be published by D. C. Heath and Co., Boston, under the title of "The Heart of Oak Books." These books are five in number, and are carefully graded. The first contains childish rhymes and melodies old as Ben Jonson and Shakspeare and Goldsmith, and some of the best-known fables and stories in our tongue. The second includes children's poems and nursery tales, "old as Hengist and Horsa." In the the three remaining volumes are shorter poems universally accepted as treasures...