Word: dangerous
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...thing that we have probably all noticed, but which few have made mention of, thinking it no doubt too small a matter, is the annoyance, if not danger, caused by the swinging doors in Sever Hall. We can never tell when we enter whether at that moment some one will not be coming out and so slam the door in our face. This is especially grievous, as the two steps in front of the door give an impetus to the push which the goer-out gives to the door, preparatory to jumping down these steps, and often cause the goer...
...this could be avoided without any trouble, and at trifling expense, by fitting awnings over the reserved seats on both sides of the field. The only drawbacks to such a plan would be the possible danger of the view of some of the high flies being cut off by the awning, and the certain danger of the posts supporting the awning interfering with the view of some few people. This first possibility could be done away with, by placing the canvas pretty well up in the air; and the second could be neutralized by putting the posts pretty far apart...
...University Catalogue, yet they are likely to receive much more attention. Moreover, in the midst of the notices, papers, and so on, that schools all over the country shower upon Cambridge students, the school nearer home, which of late years has won such an excellent reputation, is unfortunately in danger of being overlooked. And yet, no Harvard man going into law, should enter any school without having first given the school of his own university most careful consideration. It is gratifying, however, to know that every year a larger proportion of Harvard graduates enter the Harvard Law School...
...noon-day sun on the back of their heads, till the page before them becomes a blur, and then they either faint, - or stay away. Seriously, this ought to be remedied; the complaint has been made so often before that it should be listened to. Men are constantly in danger of severe headaches if not of actual sunstroke from this cause. The rays of the sun coming on a June day through a pane of glass, falling upon an unprotected head or neck beneath, and playing over its surface for an hour, is excessively painful, if not dangerous. Then...
...spirit of American institutions. The spectacle of children of different races, creeds and social classes attending the same school, is too familiar to need notice, and the common school system of the United States stands acknowledged as one of the grandest achievements of civilization. Yet it seems in danger of being crowded out of existence by opposition from two sources, one positive in its antagonism, the other negative...