Word: disinterestedly
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...various nooks and crannies that are of interest in the University. It cam to him in the course of his peregrinations that there are many good things about that few under graduates seem to appreciate. Perhaps this is due to the press of scholasticism, perhaps to sheer mental disinterest, or perhaps to ignorance, which at Harvard may be construed as synonymous with mental disinterest. Whatever the cause, and the Vagabond does not profess to know it, he has decided to set down his findings on the thins which should amuse and edify the average youth...
...announced today affirming the intention of the Student Council to appoint nominating committees to work in conjunction with the present class officers are needless. To say that they are a departure from tradition without the consent of the classes is to say almost nothing, in view of the general disinterest in the matter. Nevertheless, here again it would be better to do things with some measure of regularity...
Those who regard good writing as desirable might well consider the Harvard Graduate Magazine. Like other good quarterlies, it is now suffering from the disinterest in letters. With a comparatively small circulation and an aversion to popular advertising, it was recently in danger of being suspended. Fortunately, it does not now appear that this will have to be. A new editor has been appointed who promises well to uphold its excellent traditions. Seniors, after graduation, may find this magazine a notable addition to their list of periodicals...
Inasmuch as yesterday's announcement of the proposed federation of the liberal political clubs of the university makes public the disinterest of the undergraduates in political discussion, and reveals the inability of the Liberal Club, as at present constituted, to maintain itself satisfactorily in the face of this lack of support, it seems but fair to call to the attention of those officers of the Liberal Club who go out of office this week, discouraged at their apparent failure, the significance of the Scott Nearing luncheon yesterday...
...College electorate to place them in a constituency of men who are connected with the House at least by a slender bond of interest is, in a sense, a declaration of independence. College sentiment toward the P. B. H. has changed in the past few years to a disinterest that refuses to contribute time and effort to its programs. More than a denial to the College of the voting privilege which it has long abused, the latest step of the P. B. H. cabinet is a complete divorce from a dependence which has been favored too long...