Word: blame
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...services. Harvard has long since recognized the injustice done to Mr. Adams and Mr. Stewart in the fall of '91, and wishes to acknowledge the error which she made at that time. The college has learned a lesson and it is safe to say that the whole blame of defeat will never be laid at the door of those in charge again. Mr. Stewart was very loathe to get into harness again and it was only at the earnest solicitation of Captain Waters, backed by the unanimous request of the coaches and many prominent graduates, that he was finally persuaded...
...necessary experience, of every one, a personal characteristic, as a walk or a laugh. It follows everywhere. It cuts off a man in a moment from all his friends, picks off the best and the greatest But it is hard to conted with for there is no one to blame or applaud if you fail or succeed against...
...blame attaches to Bacon for any part of his behavior towards the Earl of Essex...
...Harvard men with unpleasant thoughts of what may be if a halt is not made immediately and measures taken to see that, from now on, this unreliable changeable sort of work is put an end to, and that the team begins to make some steady, effective progress. The blame of Saturday's game cannot be laid on the shoulders of any one or two men. The whole team is responsible for it. The college can overlook one such exhibition, but others like it would be more than unfortunate; they might even be disastrous in turning college sentiment against those...
...order to find out how much the blame of this state of things lay with the schools the committee requested last year's freshmen to answer the following questions: What was the number and nature of written exercises at his school, what was the relative amount of time devoted there to English composition, did he pass the Harvard entrance examination in English. The result of these answers shows a condition of affairs not only desirable but necessary to change...