Word: slighted
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Ellicott was taken ill with a mild attack of measles, the day before the beginning of the mid-year examinations. Advised to go home at once, he left immediately for Baltimore. The attack of measles was slight and he soon recoverd, only to lapse into pneumonia from which he never rallied and of which he died yesterday morning...
Pennsylvania was the first to adopt, with slight modifications, the recommendation of the New York conference with regard to uniformity in entrance examinations for all colleges. The university has provided a competent physician who has supervision not only over the athletic teams but also over the health and work of all the students. The report dwells at length on the self government of the students, both in Houston Hall, where the daily attendance averages fifteen hundred, and in the dormitories, which have been occupied only a year. Large additions have been made to the botanical garden, the dental department...
...language and a fluent delivery. They were a little too oratorical and their speeches rather disjointed, but their argumentative powers were clearly shown and their well drawn inferences more convincing than the occasional illogical statements of the Sophomores. On both sides there was a lack of authorities and a slight tendency toward exaggeration. Evans showed the best preparation of any of the debaters and made a very strong opening speech. For the Freshmen, Scott carried most weight and presented his strong arguments and refutations in a convincing manner...
...number of the Advocate, which appears today, contains two distinctly good bits of prose: One, a paper on Rudyard Kipling, is able and clear-sighted; the other, called "Of the Grain That's Spilled," is a slight but strong story told in a simple and energetic style. It would be a source of gratification if the Advocate would publish more stories of this kind instead of the polite society twaddle which appears so often in its pages...
...verses in this number though slight is worth while, especially the song just below the editorial and the lines on "The Great Iceland Glacier...