Word: evils
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...question is not the success of the present method; it is rather one of self respect. If the men will not of themselves institute a reform, college sentiment should demand that the Board of Directors take the matter in hand and, if necessary, adopt strong measures to remedy the evil...
...morality. Men too often thin that religion and morality differ and the idea causes much forced religion. Satan is our personal enemy and pledged to destroy us; this we must keep in mind. He hates us because humanity represents God. There is also a tendency to attribute all evil to influences; this is a dangerous fault. In fighting temptation one must remember the immense power of Satan. Above all things we should learn obedience. Christ was not tempted in the wilderness because God had not willed that this should be the time that Christ should prove his power. Christ...
...possess; it is his aspiration to be manly. And as he gets into school, he there tries to exemplify his conception of the word. But unfortunately he often gets a wrong idea, and comes to think it manly to frequent the bar-room, or gambling places. It is an evil that is common to most men at certain stages of their lives, an evil for which society is responsible. A man's idea will conform not to what he ought to be, but to what he is allowed...
...Pooling is an evil.- (a) It deteriorates the service: J. F. Hudson, 229.-(b) It puts arbitrary power over the commerce of the country into the hands of a few men: Hadley's Railroad Trans. p. 76: Hon. T. M. Cooley in Boston Transcript, Jan. 9,1889.-(c) Its object is to raise rates by destroying competition: Hudson p. 215: Mr. Lincoln in Interstate Commerce Rep't 1886, p. 363.-(d) It destroys healthful competition.-(e) It leads to the maintenance of unnecessary roads at the expense of the public: Hudson...
...whose theme was, "Plans of Organization for School Purposes in Large Cities." Mr. Draper declared that the one great fault of most of our present school systems is that the municipal management is in the hands of men, who are not acquainted with the proper methods of education. This evil cannot be avoided until we do away with politics in the election or appointment of school boards. Moreover, the board should be small and easily wielded, composed of men who have thorough knowledge of all educational requirements. The educational administration, too, should be entirely separated from the financial and other...