Word: amiss
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...addressing you was to call attention to a branch of intercollegiate contests in which Harvard has no need to excuse or explain herself. I refer to the annual debates in which her representatives have won such widely-noticed success. While athletic interests are hibernating it would certainly not be amiss for the body of students to turn their unoccupied loyalty and enthusiasm to these contests, more distinctly academic in their nature and apparently more suited to Harvard's peculiar talents than athletics. Why should our representatives in these events not share in the glory of champions in the University...
Apropos of the recent appearance of the new catalogue, it may not be amiss to speak of the unwillingness of the University to distribute copies freely. Until a few years ago graduates could obtain catalogues only by purchasing them at the regular price. Now Alumni may procure copies free from the office, but undergraduates are obliged to buy them at the book shops. We believe the University is working against its own interest here. Its catalogue is one of its best advertisements, and one that, at a small cost, might be made to reach and influence many more...
...suggest to men who have never taken any interest in philanthropic work that it will not be amiss to attend the meeting. The speakers, regardless of the subject, are guarantee that time spent in Sanders Theatre tonight will be well spent. On few occasions can Harvard men hear such a group of speakers. And then, we firmly believe that the subject is one which needs only to be heard in order to be favored. There is, the world over, a great movement toward such philanthropic work. This work has excited both praise and derision. It has been extolled because...
Prayer is not the mere repetition of words, it must come from the heart; it should be the expression of the predominating desire of the soul. The whole current of a true man's life is prayer, but the man who prays amiss prays in vain...
...foundation. The rule regarding pedlers and book agents in college buildings is not strictly enforced. While many of these men are doubtless perfectly honest, there are others who are open to suspicion. A more rigid enforcement of the house rules would not be a needless precaution or at all amiss...