Word: carelessly
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...during the last eight years. At present an average of one man in every eleven is dropped from the freshman class. Eight years ago there was only one man in eighteen dropped. These figures seem to show either that the rules have become more strict or the students more careless. Since the latter supposition is not very probable and we know that many new restrictions have been adopted, it is not improbable that the college has changed somewhat in this respect. That is to say: eight or ten years ago Harvard college may have been easy to stay...