Word: needless
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...should above all things understand the ground which Harvard is treading. If, for example, the Athletic Committee could have had a chance to explain itself to the graduates as it did to the college in a recent college conference, Harvard would have been saved a great deal of that needless and hurtful criticism of her athletics which has arisen out of pure ignorance of the true state of things...
...generous aid which Harvard is able to hold out, many of those who now reap the great advantages which the university offers in the way of higher education would have to give up their dream of scholarship and content themselves with the education they received in college. It is needless to point out what a difference this would make in the education of a large part of the country. When it is considered that the great number of those who study in the graduate school, in their turn become the educators of the next generation, the importance of giving...
...arise from the mislaying or miscarriage of books which have been handed in, there always exists that possibility, yes, even probability, that certain men will forget to hand in their blue books at all. This has been pointed out so often and so forcibly that it is needless to dwell on it here. What we do advocate is that the college authorities, beginning with this year's final examinations, shall eliminate with the present chances for serious mistakes, by providing the blue books at the time of the examination. Let them, if they will, add a slight item...
...more so if it were allowed to become a precedent. It is sincerely to be hoped, therefore, that when next year it comes to be Harvard's turn to set the date, she will stand by the constitution, and act in a way best calculated to check any further, needless bickering...
...recitation being held at the time on the same floor, for had not some of the students perceived the smoke, the fire would doubtless have gone to the attic immediately overhead, thereby causing considerable damage. As it was, the fire was extinguished with a few pails of water. A needless alarm was sent in, and the entrance of the engines to the yard caused great excitement for the time being...