Word: neglecting
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...great danger is that, after the novelty of the first week's work in the gymnasium has worn off, the interest among the candidates will begin to flag, and that through this neglect the winter's practice will be well nigh useless. To prevent this the management must use every endeavor, and from the interest taken in sports generally by '86 it seems likely that such endeavors would bring about the wished-for result...
...refreshing, and I hope it may have a wholesome effect. It is, as he says, an abomination and an outrage to allow young men to travel all over the country to play and witness matches, incurring expenses which in many cases their friends cannot afford, wasting time to the neglect of their real work, and exposed to various demoralizing influences. It is the clear duty of college governments to prohibit it absolutely, under penalty of expulsion. To allow and encourage it is a fraud upon parents, the majority of whom send their sons to college to obtain an education...
...fire commissioners of New York have been censured for neglect of duty in regard to the Park Theatre...
Both Upper and Lower Massachusetts were insufficiently warmed for the examination in Freshman Geometry yesterday morning, and as a consequence those present, in addition to the mental labor of the examination, were obliged to endure the physical discomfort which this neglect entailed upon them. If a little more care were taken by the janitor to have the halls properly warmed it would be appreciated by those who are obliged to take examinations in them...
...neglect of the captain and members of the freshman nine to be on the field in readiness to play with '85 last Tuesday and thereby losing the game by a score of 9 to 0, has been somewhat severely commented upon. The series of games for the class championship were instituted chiefly with a view to drawing out the men of '86 who are fond of the sport, and of giving an opportunity to the base-ball talent of the class to develop itself. And although the previous practice of the nine may not have warranted him in feeling secure...