Word: contentions
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...will be so bold as to criticize the lack of interest in studies at Harvard after reading the communication from Mr. Lane which we print in another column? Many earnest individuals not content with monopolizing the air and books of Gore Hall for hours at a time must needs appropriate for their exclusive use the volumes most in demand. As long as they are actually using the books no one can severely censure them except for dullness; but when they attempt to found a private library by stealthy and underhand methods, it is time for all fairminded frequenters...
From the pecuniary viewpoint, he said, teaching is not a highly satisfactory profession, and one who goes into it as a life work must be content to draw his recompense partly from other sources than money. These are the respect in which the teacher is always held in a community, the affection of his pupils, and, in the case of the college professor, the sense of mastery of a particular subject; for to be a successful college teacher today involves a high degree of specialization...
Coach W. E. Quinn called for more men, especially in the hammer throw. It is a poor policy to be content with the present strength of the team...
...grafters--for no other name suits them as well--would bitterly resent being classed with the multitude of political parasites who besiege a successful candidate for office. They insist that they are merely claiming their rights, and cannot understand the attitude of men with equally strong claims who are content to sit by and receive what they deserve. We do not intend to urge men who have been treated with obvious unfairness to refrain mistakes. But if every malcontent would weight his claims thoughtfully before presenting them, and act upon the promptings of his sense of justice, he would save...
...hope that criticisms of this year's songs will not discourage would-be composers. The short period of a football song competition tends to produce hasty and careless work; and in future the effort should begin several months ahead. Those who have been unsuccessful this season should not be content with one attempt, but should begin at once to study the class of song which is required, and endeavor to produce something of real merit and enduring popularity...