Word: needlessly
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...class games on Thursday last we were sorry to see the evidently bad manner in which the meeting was managed. The events were not started in the published order and a spirit of slackness and irresponsibility prevailed. It is needless to say that the meeting this afternoon must not be managed in this way. We expect those in charge of the games to do everything in their power to make them go off well and promptly...
...fourth and last lecture on ',Modern Anthropology" will be delivered this evening in Upper Boylston at 7.30 o'clock. Dr. Ward will take as his subject-"Benefits of Anthropological Study." It is needless to urge men to be present to night as the attendance at previous lectures promises well for this the last of them...
...Brooks, are likely to impress deeply young men whose minds are still open to conviction. Our dogmas are as yet unformed, and here is an opportunity to mould them well. Tonight, Mr. Geo. W. Cable speaks on a subject which concerns every man. It is needless to commend the lecturer to the college; all know who he is, and his reputation as a novelist is sufficient to insure a favorable reception. His added success as a lecturer only serves to make the opportunity more precious...
...Dodge's sketch of Benvenuto Cellini presents vividly some of the characteristic traits of that wonderful man whose history people are never tired of hearing. The writer's style is, it is almost needless to say, pure and vivacious. Well-chosen anecdotes of Benvenuto's life, interspersed with sagacious criticism, make this piece of character study extremely interesting...
...been the custom for several years past for Professor Norton to entertain on Christmas eve those of us who are obliged for one reason or another to remain in Cambridge during the recess. It is needless to say that all who can have hitherto availed themselves of this rare treat. There are too few opportunities for personal intercourse between scholar and preceptor in the course of our studies for any one to neglect such an opportunity. The pity is that such chances are so rare. The size and unwieldiness of this institution of learning is such as to prevent...