People in 2015 tend to look back on history as this quaint, simpler time in human history. This is not so. We live in the era of air conditioning, deodorant, the Internet, and dental tools beyond "pliers, whiskey, and cocaine." By and large, we're pampered little babies schlepping our way to an opulent wooden box for which our families will pay handsomely, for some reason.
In the past, though? Oh, it went down in the past. College freshmen today are worried about not catching an STD while studying. In 1915, they had to not only balance rigorously regimented classwork, but also be prepared to spill some classmate's blood on Ohio Field over a walking cane.