Word: badness
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...college nines, including Tyng, the famous Harvard pitcher. It was the first time the Staten Island team had played together this season and their lack of practice was painfully evident. The Harvard nine did not do justice to the great amount of careful practice which it has received; indecision, bad throwing, and poor base running were the rule...
...some time under Topics of the Day, may be pushed too far, but certainly the series would not have been complete without the charmingly frank and independent confession of a "Shallow Junior, which appears in this number. It is impossible to believe that the author is half so bad a fellow as he would have us believe...
...subject of discussion in "Toples of the Day," is the system of mid-year examinations. The writer claims that "at the best they are merely a necessary evil." and that they are responsible for the marking system with its bad effects. He argues further that a man would work more stedily and effectively if he had no ordeal to pass through before the end of the year. While this may be doubted, the article contains some interesting suggestions and is well worth reading...
...very doubtful and in which we stand a good chance. With the two or three events which are looked upon as surely going to Harvard and one or two of the doubtful ones the cup would undoubtedly go to Harvard, so that the outlook is not quite as bad as the above article would seem to indicate...
...Young, Morton ('91), Hall ('92), Stetson, Morton ('90), White, Allen, Hale, Blaney, Whittemore, Pinkham, Dodge, Horn and Tudor. The majority of these men have never handled a lacrosse stick before, so that it is an almost impossible task to say whether the prospects of the team are good or bad. With the completion of the new athletic grounds back of Divinity, the lacrosse team will no longer be hampered by utterly inadequate practice-grounds, as the management expects to get free use of Jarvis Field during the spring time. This will undoubtedly be a great benefit...