Word: valueless
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Dates: during 1880-1880
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...slowly, indeed, the educational institutions of this country fall into line, as regards the proper study of English; and it is to be feared that Harvard is one of the slowest of them all. The Freshman year is entirely given over to studies which, in themselves important, are absolutely valueless compared with the advantages of a thorough knowledge of English. The evil is the greater in that the preparatory schools - as far as the classical courses are concerned - are obliged, by the strain and worry of preparing boys for their severe entrance-examinations, to omit or neglect, in great degree...