Word: wrongs
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...most casual examination of the University's record in track during the past few years will serve to show that something is radically wrong. Last year, its position in the Intercollegiate Meet was seventh, to which record may be added a defeat by Yale. Nor are prospects this year much more promising. The team has been crippled by the unexpected loss of several of its best men. Some of this can be laid to bad luck, but by no means all of it. Something is fundamentally wrong; something which only a radical change can correct...
...from architecture to fiction is not a dependable test. The man whose special field is chemistry, whose need and probable ability lies in scientific German, is likely to be asked to read a description of the battle of Sadowa, or the retreat from Moscow. This means not only a wrong emphasis, but a decided and unfair advantage to the man who happens to draw something "in his line." Moreover, it frequently happens that the candidate is too nervous to do himself justice. Why does it so often happen that a man passes, without any intervening study, the examination which floored...
...writer's most insidious arguments is that this practice does not injure the name of the College. All authorities are agreed that drinking, in any amount, is physically harmful. Millions of people throughout this country believe it to be morally wrong. This College ought to embody, both in theory and practice, the highest ideals of conduct. Is it, then, not a detrimental thing for the reputation of the College if it sanctions drinking in any way? If a man must needs drink as an individual, that is one thing; but for the classes, as direct representatives of the College...
...present system of national citizenship which compels a nation to avenge a wrong done to one of its citizens in a foreign country with the sacrifice of many lives and a great deal of money, is absurd. International citizenship would assure justice without warfare...
...University is wise in not forcing attendance. When men are herded to church, they lose most of its benefits because their attitude is wrong. Chapel, after all, is a frame of mind, and not a daily task. As a mental condition which does not begin at 8.45 o'clock nor cease at 9, but carries over through the entire day, it is an asset. Religion is not a state of coma, a pleasing reverie, but a positive and driving force. It is energy. If this is the case, the Chapel habit is at least worth investigating, whether it finally proves...