Word: badness
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...should not be sacrificed. No one, we suppose, would be inclined to deny that the principle of making the number of men larger than the number of seats, when carried to the extent that it is at the general tables, does sacrifice this to a great degree. With such bad results close at hand, the students at the club tables naturally feel opposed to the extension of this system or to the introduction of any system which seems largely similar. They believe that the opportunity for companionship and leisurely intercourse with intimate friends is one of the greatest services Memorial...
...form of both crews was rather bad on account of the roughness of the water. Though the sophomores rowed between 38 and 39 strokes to the minute throughout the race, they splashed a good deal and they did not catch together...
...build a navy beyond the needs of ordinary official and police service is bad policy, because it would require a needless expense (a) for original cost; (b) for continual remodelling on account of rapid changes in naval architecture...
...political club in existence here is not in that degenerate condition. Its activity is practically limited to securing a small number of speakers to address members of the club and their friends on party principles. As long as this is done in a dignified manner, it is not bad, but positively good. Political education and academic education are not properly separated; one of the first necessities of a rounded education is an understanding of political questions. How better this understanding can be aided than by addresses from the ablest men in the party...
...present year has, however, to be considered. Things are in a bad state, and somebody will have to suffer, no matter what course is taken. It is a choice of evils. Shall the number of tennis courts remain small until next fall, necessitating the failure of the Interscholastic Tournament; or shall adequate practice-ground be taken away from the class nines? As far as the class series are concerned, these would not alone be enough to justify the retention of Jarvis for baseball, since one of the series has been played, and since there will be two open dates...