Word: badness
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...game, striking out the first five men at the bat. But four hits were made off him and he gave but two bases on balls. Scannell's work was much better than it has been lately. He caught two beautiful high fouls, but his record was marred by a bad passed ball which let in a run. Wrenn and Stevenson both fielded their positions very acceptably. Hayes, at right, caught two good flies and his home run was one of the features of the game...
...more run came in the sixth. Paine reached first on a single, then bad errors by Montague and Fletcher allowed him to score. Burgess got as far as third, but was thrown out while trying to reach home...
...course is too long it may be better shortened elsewhere than by dropping one of the four years of college. - (a) Our present system of preparation is radically bad. - (1) In primary education: Addresses and Proceedings of N. E. Assoc. of Colleges, Oct. 16, 1891. - (2) In the preparatory schools: D. C. Welles, Andover Rev. Jan. 1892. - (b) German and French boys know more than we require for entrance at a much younger...
...condition of the schools was bad, and, as it was found to be exceedingly difficult for a small town to maintain a school of its own, a new legislation substituted two hundred families for the former one hundred. At this time over 200 towns in the state were supporting grammar schools, but this new regulation reduced this number to less than 100. In this year district schools first put in an appearance, and helped to lessen still further the interest taken by the small towns. The district schools absorbed all the educational energy of the commonwealth. Academies supported chiefly...
...better of the opening innings, securing more hits and getting a number of men on bases, but could not score. The visitors were the first to break the ice, Adams securing a run in the sixth. Neither side played clean ball after that, the Harvard nine making some bad errors, which allowed Pennsylvania hits to count for runs...