Word: carelessness
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...unfortunate and possibly fatal accident which occurred at the boat house on Saturday morning has in spired everyone with the deepest feelings of sympathy for the injured and of indignation at the criminal carelessness which apparently was the cause of the sad occurrence. But while we join to our heartfelt sympathy for the wounded our no less earnest hopes for their recovery, we have every reason to feel thankful that the consequences were not even more terrible than they are. Everything seemed to conspire to make the effects of the accident as slight as possible,-the falling of the lower...
...cause of the accident seems to be very plain. The whole affair is due to the careless construction of the platform. The upper platform was supported by pillars running from the platform below which in turn rested on a transverse beam. This beam rested on the top of a strong pile, which was driven into the soft, muddy bottom of the river. In the first place the pile upon which the whole structure rested was never driven in until it struck a solid foundation, but was merely inserted in holes dug in the mud for the purpose. Upon this pile...
Smith, at first, has played a fair game. Although at times he has appeared careless and has made errors on comparatively easy balls, some of his plays have been brilliant and his pickups are wonderful. At the bat he has made no hits since the first Yale game, when he put two hot ones to his credit. His base-running as yet is rather listless and he is too much inclined to watch where the ball goes when it leaves his bat. All these faults, however, can be remedied with careful practice by another season...
...freshman nine must do much better work and learn to be cool and steady in the field if they wish to beat Harvard. Such loose, careless playing as that at Westfield means sure defeat. [News...
...admitted that the comparative poverty of most of our colleges puts them behind West Point. But the heiniousness of teaching a scientific subject without the use of any specified text-book we fear will not be fully appreciated by the leading educators and teachers of the land. The careless, off-hand way in which these military gentlemen wave aside the elective system as admittedly inferior and second-rate, is quite refreshing. Harvard surely must blush for her shortcomings...