Word: apt
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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Ayer is very stiff and rough. He is apt to row light and to lower his hands too much in the last part of the recover, causing his blade to fly off the water and making him clip. He is slow at the catch...
...nine will play Boston Latin School on Soldiers Field this afternoon at 4 o'clock. In practice during the last week the Freshmen have shown weakness in batting and in base running. In a practice game with the Second nine on Monday they seemed to lack life and were apt to be caught napping...
...show increased accuracy in fielding, but still have a tendency to rush their plays. Some advance has been made in batting, though there is much need of improvement in this department. The players are too apt to hit at bad balls and on the whole do not display good judgment...
...admitted superiority of the German scholar over the American. Following it is a paper on "Women," with a delightful vein of humor running through it, the purpose of which is to show American women how much they can learn from their German sisters, upon whom they are too apt to look down. The remaining essays are on "The Americans and the Germans," and "Americans Democracy," and are of a more general character...
...highest aspirations and truest endeavor cannot but feel every day the need of a power, greater than himself, to help him to be what he desires to be. Christ not only helps us in our own development, He helps us to be of service to others. We are too apt to be satisfied with polite unselfishness instead of the great, robust sacrifice which marks the true man. Christ gives us this power of sacrifice and inspires us with power to live great, clean, rich lives...