Word: overlook
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...course defeats the end of true scholarship. Again, it is often said that in certain courses a man cannot know anything about the subject and get a good mark. Section men in the large courses are far too inclined to give credit to knowledge of details and to overlook a broad knowledge of the subject, such as a man would have to have in going up for his honor examination at Oxford. If, in the large courses especially, greater credit could be given to voluntary outside reading--which few men do now because they get no credit from their section...
Candidates for the team who successfully weathered the storm and stress of mid-years are very apt to overlook the April pitfall and consider themselves immune from danger. It is always regrettable to lose good material because of scholastic difficulties. This year, however, it would be doubly so. For with the right sort of co-operation and assistance from the squad and the support of the College at large, Dr. Sexton should have a very good chance to develop a winning team. Any men who through indolence or carelessness handicap Dr. Sexton in his initial efforts as coach deserve...
...another column a member of the swimming team questions the advisability of giving a tank to an outside institution when the University has none, and it is quite natural that a member of the disbanded team should see the matter only in that light. We must not, however, overlook the fact that the Cambridge Young Men's Christian Association is an institution, distributing education and athletic facilities where they would otherwise not be obtainable, and that it is always worth while to give to the cause of education. As we have noted before, a Harvard tank given in this...
...assignment that may separate them and put them alongside men with whom they have no common interest or are not in the least congenial. Hollis and Stoughton have very good conveniences on every floor, while Holworthy has always proved so popular as to show that men are willing to overlook its slight disadvantages for the greater benefits that result from rooming there. If the number of applications warrant it, the College will modernize the middle entry of Thayer, which has the additional advantage of a large Living Room, or will turn over to the class any Yard building which...