Word: disregarded
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...against athletic curtailment have been well stated, but by necessity very general. The CRIMSON still believes that the Faculty, and not the Athletic Committee, must be the object of our appeals. If the Committee believes that the Faculty has been influenced by the arguments, it may see fit to disregard the recommendations. If the Faculty is still firm in its opinion, the Committee may be compelled to act. By no means, therefore, has the CRIMSON rested its case. As stated before, we are seeking tangible facts on which to base our arguments. If these are secured, we shall...
...passing whim,--any recommendation from the Faculty of Harvard University is bound to carry enormous weight. The statement was justified, for the Athletic Committee now feels compelled to take some definite action. Much as many members of the Committee may hesitate over the wisdom of the move, they cannot disregard entirely the Faculty's will. And so they adopt the least damaging concession...
...greatest number are more important than a prompt payment of the Stadium debt. Investigations are being made of the expenses involved in reclaiming the rest of the Field, and, in view of the present attitude of the Harvard authorities on athletic questions, permission should easily be obtained to disregard a recommendation that operates against intracollegiate athletics...
Week in and week out we suffer in our unventilated recitation and lecture rooms. Periodically the CRIMSON protests, while our instructors, forced to choose between asphyxia or competition with clattering steam pipes, either choose the former, or, without consideration one way or the other, stubbornly disregard the first rules of hygiene. Where clear thinking is demanded, clear air is the last consideration...
...first requisite in public speaking, he said, is thorough acquaintance with every phase of the subject. The precept which the young lawyer is most apt to disregard is the importance of knowing his opponent's side of the case with the same thoroughness as his own. Clearness, simplicity of language and conciseness are invaluable qualities in public speaking. The last-named in particular is an indispensable asset in stump speaking. A good rule is to have something to say, say it briefly, and sit down...