Word: trivial
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...such music has a kinship with lolling out of the window and addressing the dispenser of familiar airs in terms of slang - or, possibly, the authorities may deem it improper that "the shining cent" should be flipped from such an elevation as the second or third story. Whatever the trivial reason may be, certain it is, that although the College gates are closed but once in twenty years, yet the vender of melodies rarely ventures through them, conscious that in whatsoever remote corner he may establish himself, the venerable Ubiquity will invite him to depart thence. But in spite...
...drawbacks, however, are not confined to the desertion of the old members. There is great difficulty in finding suitable material to pick from. The large, strong, temperate men in college, who must form the backbone of a successful crew, refuse, almost to a man, to row. They invent countless trivial excuses lest they be disturbed from their peaceful somnolence and made useful to themselves and to Harvard. There does not seem to be a spark of enthusiasm where it can do any real good. Not a single volunteer worthy of present consideration has presented himself. Now, we can never hope...
...there the matter stands. Considered purely in the light of an affair between the President and a society of limited membership, it is not a question to be discussed in a College paper; but there are many persons who consider that the matter - somewhat trivial in itself - nevertheless affects the relation between undergraduates in general and those who govern them. It is put beside several other incidents of a similar nature, and derives, in consequence, an importance which it would otherwise lack. It has been pronounced to mark a line of policy which the authorities intend to adopt - have...
Such are some of the fruits of my listening, and if they seem somewhat trivial, yet it must be considered that no very momentous results can be expected from such a purely passive kind of eavesdropping. I have not, as yet, discovered in any footfalls the slightest whisper of scandal. If one "hears no good of himself," he at least hears no evil...
...Acta Columbiana has a correspondent in Princeton who has but one trait that is praiseworthy. He is modest, although his command of the English language is limited. He fills five columns with trivial events of life at Princeton, and concludes: "I hope that those who have a poor opinion of the College from reading this letter will lay the blame to the writer." We shall take him at his word...