Word: neglected
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...preferred to call it commonplace, they would not be entirely without justification. At least in the first article we read: "Some men are studiously inclined and will sacrifice everything to academic interests; others believe that it is more important to lead their class in outside activities and they consequently neglect their studies. A horse can be led to water but he cannot be made to drink." And near the end in an editorial article on "The New Gymnasium," we learn that "it is being more and more widely recognized that the physical standard has its importance as well...
...article on "The Commercial Side of Engineering," is a timely bit of advice to engineering students by a graduate who ought to know. Its warning against neglect of the commercial factor underlying every engineering project ought to be taken to heart by all Harvard students preparing for specialized scientific professions...
...subject of athletics President Lowell urges against the over-emphasis of intercollegiate matches to the neglect of the physical welfare of the mass of students, and sounds a warning against the evils of commercialism. Perhaps the least enthusiastic portion of the report is this discussion of undergraduate athletics, which, though optimistic in tone, shows clearly the desire for a better adjustment of collegiate endeavor...
...upon "Extemporaneous Speaking" by Professor Copeland. In view of the interest which has recently been shown in the Forum and in debating, especial importance attaches to the subject of extemporaneous speaking. In the Noble Lecture and the talk on "Extemporaneous Speaking" opportunities are offered which few can afford to neglect...
Undoubtedly the paramount problem before the undergraduate community is the proper adjustment of academic and extra-curriculum work. The neglect of scholarship is a deplorable fact; persistent attention to so-called "outside activities" in omnipresent. We realize fully the maladjustment of our college life, and our problem concerns its readjustment. In the solution it is obvious that the various activities of some two-thousand men cannot be reduced to one pursuit, scholarship, but it seems possible that a closer connection may be set up between college courses and other undergraduate endeavor. If such a connection be possible, academic work will...