Word: badness
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...class thought of him, and you can take my word for it anyway, that you don't meet a man of his ability and kindness in every day's journey you make. He once fell off a cliff,--perhaps I told you about it, and was very badly hurt,--and had to stay out of school for a year with a bad foot, and I think that accident made him very patient and very kind and thoughtful of other people. He was really held in affectionate regard by more older people than any boy of his age I know...
...many of the cadets had not provided themselves with regulation army shoes, but wore variegated types of footgear to formations. "The tendency on the part of your men to wear civilian shoes to formations should be stopped for two reason," said the inspector. "In the first place it looks bad, and is absolutely contrary to army regulations; and secondly, it must be pointed out that army shoes were built for men living upon their feet, and if a man wears other shoes in military formations he is liable to suffer from injured feet as a result...
Honors in the interdormitory relay race and the Freshman-Upperclass relay, the last two events of the mid-winter track carnival held yesterday afternoon, went to Standish Hall and the Freshman Class. Bad weather conditions caused the postponement of these races, which were originally scheduled for last Thursday and Friday...
...here merely to mark time before being sent to a training camp. To say that we are now preparing for after the war has become a trite though necessary truism; but it is also of distinct disadvantage for a man in his career as an officer to get into bad habits of loafing. Finally, we often overlook the value of a general college education in war itself. A single striking example will bring this clearly before our minds...
...minutes of contest, the outcome was clearly evident, but play was continued until the Freshmen had driven seven goals where they belonged, past the Yale guard. Strangely enough, the Elis were unable to connect with a fortunate puck-thrust, and they stood at the poor end of a bad score...