Word: riotousness
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...potency of Harvard's liberal tradition, that this (the immediate and thorough repression of the Socialist Club, the La Follette Club, the Wilson Club, and, since this is Massachusetts, the League for Woman Suffrage) has not been done". Free discussion is the one thing which will prevent alike riotous radicalism and stolid conservatism, and I am sure most Harvard men will hope with Mr. Henderson that the Corporation will not depart from the traditional Harvard policy of allowing absolue freedom of discussion...
...many in Ninety-eight who would gladly have discouraged the conduct in which they were yet participants, and who can recognize the distinction between natural enthusiasm and its unpardonable extravagances. All, however, must suffer with the few; and so it must always be as long as the reckless, riotous members of the class are allowed to determine the actions of the whole. The freshmen have shown themselves unworthy of any great confidence, and must not now be surprised if little is placed in them...
...many others whose ignorance and narrowness are cropping out every once in a while in some such as way this. They read sensational headlines of what two or three men do, or perhaps even more, out of nearly three thousand. With an eagerness characteristic of the man expelled for riotous behavior, they snatch at the chance to give Harvard a vicious "dig." "Who goes to Harvard to pursue a course of study" they say and you can almost see them smile with satisfaction at the readiness of their own wit and the depth of their observation. We wish that...
...Russian universities of Kieff and Kasan have been closed owing to riotous outbreaks. They are following the example of the University of Moscow...
While '88 was fortunate enough to elect good officers throughout, it was their good fortune to do so in spite of their meeting and not because of it. A more disorderly and riotous gathering was never held here, and, while some of the disturbance was undoubtedly due to the upper class men, still, by far the greater part of the blame rests on the freshman class. The methods of wardroom politics cannot advantageously be introduced into class meetings, and we hope the incoming freshman classes may have the good sense to avoid all such foolishness...