Word: neglecting
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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REFERRING to the Princeton-Harvard foot-ball game, the Princetonian says: "Owing to some misunderstanding on the part of the Harvard Foot-ball Directors, no one called for us, and we were consequently forced to find our own way out to Cambridge. But this apparent neglect was purely an oversight, as the after-treatment of our hosts most conclusively proved. Once in the company of these gentlemen, the time passed very quickly...
...feather is very uneven, and at present the defects are as follows: a tendency to neglect the end of the stroke, a quick rush of the arms till straight, and a hang before the body follows, ending with a marked pause on the full reach...
...habit of mislaying themes that has been developed by one of the professors is very unfortunate for those students who have to take the penalties of his neglect...
...reading last week's Advocate, I met with an earnest remonstrance against the neglect of mathematics among the undergraduates, coupled with an appeal to the instructors to make it more attractive; and it seemed to me that the causes of the unpopularity of our advanced mathematics, as laid down by the correspondent, were hardly satisfactory. In a measure, this unpopularity may be attributed to the way in which mathematics is taught, or to the well-grounded belief that in this department there are no soft electives, but I think it is mainly due to the fact that Calculus and Analytic...
...neglect of students to attend the Monday lectures can be explained without reference either to the "effete religion" of the Divinity School or to the Nation. The lectures are not attended by students, because they come at an hour when few can leave Cambridge without neglecting their studies. The writer seems himself to have recognized this reason, as he saw his "genius" on New Year's Day, - a college, though not a public, holiday. The presence of our professors at these lectures has several times been noticed by the public prints: does this look like snubbing Mr. Cook...