Word: thoughtlessly
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...moment of torchlight enthusiasm for "ragging" signs, I write to say that the flag was prized not for its value as much as for its associations with one who has gone, it being an old war flag of the late rebellion. If this should meet the eye of a thoughtless taker, he would confer a great favor by returning it to 36 Trowbridge...
...pedagogue he was a boy; he has suddenly become a man; distinguished professors defer to him, treat him almost as their equal, he finds that his education depends mainly on the soundness of his own judgment. Harvard theory assumes that a youth of eighteen or nineteen is not the thoughtless, irrational creature he is generally supposed...
...communication, which we cannot publish for lack of space, very justly complains of the thoughtless way in which the bath-rooms at the gymnasium are used by a large number of men in college. These rooms are for bathing, not for dressing, especially not for putting on such articles of apparel as a hat, an overcoat, and a cane. It is not only ungentlemanly, but it is unfair for any one to occupy a bath room longer than absolutely necessary; the accommodations are already inadequate to the demand, and any action tending to make this inadequacy greater is censurable...
...hope in addition that the rooms where examinations are held will be kept at a respectable temperature. Neither a very cold nor a very warm room is favorable to prolonged mental activity. Again we hope that instructors, proctors, and students will treat their examinations fairly. "College honor" is no thoughtless phrase, and it should appeal to everyone who would be called a "College...
...inexcusable as the reading-room is to many men the only place in college where they are able to secure anything like absolute quiet. To such men, noise and laughter in such a place are a great annoyance and a very serious one. We beg all men who are thoughtless enough to disturb their mates in this way, to be considerate in the future. We would also advise the Library authorities to provide chairs in the reading-room with rubber caps on the feet as is the case in most recitation rooms; this would obviate another great cause of annoyance...