Word: neglectful
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Christian Association held its weekly meeting last night in Holden Chapel. G. Gleason '97, spoke on "The necessity of cultivating the spiritual side of our natures." He said that there are many men in College who are eager to obtain facts, but who neglect the cultivation of that which will enable them to make good use of their knowledge. Men who have greatly developed their spiritual side are better men than those who are merely intellectual. This is shown by the fact that uneducated, but spiritual, men are a far greater power for good in the world than purely intellectual...
...heartily agree with the communication in yesterday's paper, regarding the injustice done certain members of English C. It is conceivable that in a large class there are some who wilfully neglect their work and deserve to fail. Yet right here let me say there are, in college, courses so conducted as to admit of no failure; History 13 for one. But granting that some of us are deserving of Es, it hardly seems possible that the general standing of the class could so deteriorate, as the number of Es given lately in this course would indicate...
...people, but they are naughtiness rather than wickedness. In the man, however, these faults show meanness and smallness. There is not a single sin which is not mean. Avarice shows a mean spirit in the relations between a miserly landlord and his tenants; the drunkard is mean in the neglect of his family. In short, committing sin shows the choice of what is petty, mean, and small in place of what is generous and grand...
...University. In that case, its existence would rightly be prohibited. But if any individual student fails to meet the requirements of his college work he should be brought to task individually, whether his failure is caused by the excessive demands of a club or by his own neglect. This in general seems to be the policy of the University, but we bring the matter up now because we believe that the recent vote of the Faculty directed against the Glee Club and the Hasty Pudding Club is in violation of this policy. This can hardly be denied on the ground...
...need not fear ascendancy in Cuba of any other European nation should we neglect to aid the insurgents.- (a) Geographical position.- (b) American interests already dominant.- (c) Our repeated declarations against this: F. Snow, Amer. Dip. p. 350.- (d) Our success in the Mexican incident...