Word: trivial
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...personal anecdotes Mr. Guild went on to illustrate the main defects of a "stump" speaker, showing what trivial details may spoil the most finished address; as, for instance, the effect of a tactless introduction or the sensation caused over a brass band. In closing be related several interesting experiences of his campaign tour with Roosevelt through the western states...
...undergraduate subscriptions for athletics should be abolished. The reasons are: (1) They are unnecessary for the financial success of our athletics. (2) They are unevenly distributed upon the students. (3) The amount they add to the surplus fund is trivial as compared to the inconvenience of the subscribers...
...show how his two years of experience in command of the first regiment of freed slaves mustered in the United States service during the Civil War proved to him that "they are intensely human." He will explain that the points which separate the colored people from the whites are trivial as compared with those they have in common, and that it is by simply dealing with them as human beings that we shall do them and ourselves most justice...
...sensible editorial discussion of the custom of some instructors in asking unimportant questions on examinations is the only thing that justifies the current number of the Advocate. It is fair to suppose that not all the instructors who ask trivial questions on examinations are influenced solely by their desire to lessen the effectiveness of preparation by printed notes; a broader policy, however, of asking more general questions would be fairer and, as the editorial points out, should produce more lasting benefits...
...latter is worthy of mention, because, though devoid of any especial skill in phrasing, it does draw a characterization that smacks of real human nature. It seems genuine, even if not altogether finished, and after all genuineness is what one most wants in stories for College periodicals. Even trivial incidents, if through their connection with our undergraduate experiences, they touch the springs of our natural interest, are likely to prove better subjects for a story than the love comedies already some-what over-familiar to Advocate readers. "The Cap of Misfortune," in the present number belongs to the latter category...