Word: forgottenness
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...while, but taking a straw ballot which will effect absolutely nothing upon a question which cannot possibly become an issue is a waste of time. It is very laudable for the Political Club to be so ambitious to stir up some question of general interest, but it must have forgotten its sense of propriety in presuming to call the present administration of the United States to account. The recasting of the question makes it only slightly less offensive, and does not remove one of the most serious objections to advertising such an instance of bad taste. There are plenty...
...should be the aim of every educational institution to equip a student with all the mental processes it can, and thus permanently develop his breadth of view, rather than fill his mind with minute facts soon to be forgotten...
...these two essentials of the successful civil engineer Robert Fulton was supremely qualified, and it was his mastery of the possibilities as well as the principles of his invention that has made him famous when his predecessors have been forgotten...
Tomorrow the Freshmen will elect their first officers, who will lead the class well into its Sophomore year. The importance of choosing these officers fairly and upon their individual merits is frequently forgotten, and electioneering finds its way into the class affairs. In this election, as in all College elections, divisions of the class based upon preparatory school affiliations or upon any distinctions whatever except those of service to the class should find no place...
...building, the members have grossly abused their privileges, and 73 volumes have been reported as missing from April, 1908, to January 1, 1909. It is charitable to suppose that when these volumes were removed, their readers intended to return them sooner or later, but apparently they have completely forgotten their intentions. The lest they can do is to return the books at once and submit to the stipulated fine. As to the future, it is for the members of the Union who believe in preserving the library intact, to create a sentiment which will brand all offenders as undesirable members...