Word: evils
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...method of financing our teams. At the time of the publication of the report of the Graduate Treasurer of Athletics we stated that from the figures of the report it is very evident that the self-support rule for minor teams is practically a dead letter; but that its evil effects are still as great as ever. We are thoroughly tired of being dunned for subscriptions, when the Athletic Association has an enormous yearly surplus beyond the reach of the minor managers. No one will attempt to defend subscription soliciting, either as a method of financing teams...
...attempted corrections of such an evil would mean that the innocent must suffer with the guilty; but it would be better to subject the thoughtful to a useless supervision than to permit the rest to drift through College as fancy dictates. Freshmen, whose ignorance is presupposed, are assigned to advisers, who are busy men and seldom give the kind of assistance that helps a man to make a judicious choice his Sophomore year. Frequently the adviser does no more than sign the card and leave the Freshman to his fate. During the second year there is absolutely no provision...
...statistics show that only the hockey and tennis teams came through with credit balances. All other minor teams had deficits of varying size that had to be met from the general fund. In other words any advantages that the rule may have possessed have ceased to operate, but its evil effects are as strong as ever. The basketball team has to cater to the public by arranging games in Mechanics Hall, and all the teams have to send their candidates on unfruitful tours through the University in search of support. It is high time for the infeasibility of this system...
...Peabody '69; "Modern Ideas of God," by A. C. McGiffert; "Is Our Protestantism still Protestant," by W. A. Brown; "A Turning Point in Snyoptic Criticism," by B. W. Bacon; "Recent Excavations in Palestine," by Professor D. G. Lyon h.'01; "The Academic Basis of the Problem of Evil," by Professor T. N. Carver; and "The Divine Providence," by C. F. Dole...
Graft comes into existence when public officials, elected to represent the best interests of the people, forget their trust, become selfish, take what does not belong to them and aid and abet evil institutions. This is more than treason, it is a crime against government itself. It means the paralysis of the democratic spirit of a community and the tendency of good men to be indifferent to its welfare...