Word: carelessness
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...idea is to collect into one place full information upon each of the important topics of present history. The trouble with our careless, intermittent newspaper reading, is that we get but an imperfect, hazy, often incorrect knowledge of passing events. The purpose of the proposed plan is expressed in the phrase-to present a compendious summary of contemporaneous history...
That such an error as assigning a well known story to the wrong man and the wrong battle should have been made at the dedication of the grand Washington Monument is a great pity, for it records prominently for posterity, a glaring example of careless scholarship...
...unwillingness to make practice and preaching agree. All hats should be removed by those entering the hall, before the area beneath the visitors' gallery is left. The student who violates this rule may some day be embarrassed by the stamping, such as has in the past been directed toward careless visitors in the gallery...
...Some careless junior handed in his last theme without writing his name upon...
...suggestion of a correspondent in our yesterday's issue deserves to be taken up by the Library authorities. It is certainly a good thing, since some men are so careless about their eyes, to stop all reading in the Library on these winter afternoons, before twilight sets in; but the reason is not so obvious why the drawing of books should be also stopped. As regards the reserved books, this early closing of the Library is a decidedly bad thing. As matters stand, men who have laboratory courses or double-hour recitations from two to four, can not draw reserved...