Word: sentimentality
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Princeton upperclassmen have organized a "law and order league" to enforce the better sentiment of the college regarding hazing and rushes at the sophomore-freshman base-ball game...
...because he doubts whether in that particular case the students are able to regulate the matter themselves. In the present instance the doubt has never been as to the propriety of celebrating victories-the more victories, and the more celebrations of them, the better, is, I feel sure, the sentiment of every man in the faculty, but as to certain features of the celebrations, the loud explosions which make the college a formidable nuisance to the neighborhood by keeping people awake and imperilling such as are seriously ill; and the danger to trees and buildings from lighting bonfires...
...imply indifference. Unquestionably the charm of the music and all enjoyment in the works of art were more than doubled by the presence of a fair companion and interpreter. Between all the lines that I have written I would have the readers of the CRIMSON insert whatever of sentiment and sweetness their own experiences will justify...
...long stride to the end which many students sincerely hope for, yet it is a careful step forward. The conference which will be established is, it is true, merely advisory, but notwithstanding this fact, there are many benefits that can be devised from it. The recognition of the sentiment of free debate on all college subjects, and open, free conference between students and faculty, and of decorous criticism, and honest protest by students against measures passed by the faculty, must bring about results that are beneficial to both parties...
...that: "In no field does college education tell more than in the field of business." This is, we believe, contrary to the opinion that prevails among men of average education, not college graduates; but it appears to us to contain a vast truth, and it is probable that public sentiment is being gradually modified in this direction. It has been a common thing for men of means to refuse to send their sons to college on the ground that they were going into business, where, according to their view, a college education would be worse than useless. If there were...