Word: amiss
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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SINCE the number of college papers is increasing so rapidly, it may not be amiss to consider the objects of the new ones and to inquire whether they are really needed...
...examinations at so early and convenient a date. We must also notice the opportunity which has been afforded for changes in the Tabular View, which must be appreciated by those who have laid out a regular plan of study for their college course. In conclusion, it may not be amiss to hope that the expectations of the Junior class may be fulfilled in regard to voluntary recitations for next year...
...view of the present phase of Class Politics, it may not be amiss to pass a bit of friendly criticism on the value of the so-called "Class Lives." Class after class has maintained the custom of having (or trying to have) every member write his "life" on sheets of abnormally large paper, which are intended to be bound with a manuscript copy of Oration, Poem, etc. in a "Class-Book"; records of all Class-Meetings are to be made in this volume; the unfortunate Class Secretary is expected to know the whereabouts of Tom, Dick, and Harry, their occupation...
...steady application for anticipation of a study or for an annual warrants the presumption that considerable proficiency would result from six weeks' steady study of some branch of natural history. We are not too bold, perhaps, in saying that some knowledge of botany and chemistry rarely or never comes amiss...
...time is drawing near for issuing the list of electives, a few words on the subject may not be amiss. There is no doubt that many men draw up their lists of electives hastily and injudiciously, but the fault must not be wholly laid at their doors. Some elect courses that merely strike their fancy, or make attempts at what are termed soft courses; but it must be considered that we know scarcely anything of the various electives beyond the subjects and the name of the instructor, and the choice in many instances is little more than a leap...