Word: neglected
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...exact state of his pupil's knowledge. So it comes about that or promotion into a higher class, a boy is allowed to give up entirely some branch of study which is strictly relegated to the "elementary" departments. A study which suffers more than any other from this absurd neglect is geography. Because "reading, writing and geography" are the first things a boy is taught in school, he naturally gets to consider them as elementary and childish as he grows up; but this notion ought not to be fostered by the school system itself. The vast majority...
...faculty of Cornell has issued the following proclamation: "That, for the present, attendance at recitations and lectures shall be made voluntary for students of all classes; provided that in case any student shall so neglect his work by absence or otherwise as to impair or endanger his own standing, or the scholarship of the class, he may, after due warning, with the approval of the head of the department in which the neglect occurs, and with the approval of the president of the university, be excluded from attendance in the class and from the ensuing examination...
While our chances are good for a brilliant record of victories at Mott Haven next spring, yet the neglect of one man who considers himself suitable for any or the contests, lessons the certainty of such a record. Extreme diffidence in such matters is to be deplored. Many men are dissuaded from presenting themselves thinking that a place on the team is a mere matter of favoritism. Nothing can be further from the truth for, under the supervision of the H. A. A. and Mr. Lathrop, success in track athletics and a position on the team is a matter...
Nervous System. - Anatomy and physiology. Influence over whole body. Increase of diseases of nervous system in modern life. Mental overwork. Diseases of nervous systems due to neglect of personal hygiene. Sleep and its derangements, worry, emotions, passions...
...faculty, for some reason or other they were compelled to change their plan. The text of the new warning differs from that of the old, in that it contains a hint as to the time when the recipient began his downward career, and intimates very plainly that further neglect will get an admonition or something worse. In typography and press work, the new issue is fully up to the standard...