Word: defectiveness
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...intimated, nor had in mind any remotest criticism of Harvard nor yet of any other college or university. I was speaking of a general conception of education, or formal training, which prevails in Europe as well as in America. This conception and its application have, I believe, a defect which I think is at least partly responsible for the odd fact that, so far as I can discover, about eight men in ten, on completing their formal education, find the choice of a life work an extremely perplexing problem. This defect, however, is one which neither Harvard...
...Depot Brigade and the Worcester Academy elevens. Both Coach Rollins and Coach Wallace prefaced work on the field with blackboard talks illustrating weak points. The Freshmen on the field spent the greater part of the time in perfecting defence formations against the forward pass, as this was the chief defect in the work of the team on Saturday. With the informals in the Stadium the light workout consisted principally in punting for the backs, and breaking through for the linemen...
Teamwork has been the objective of this week's Freshman training, as this was the greatest defect in their play against the Radio School last Saturday. The team has not progressed so rapidly as former Freshman teams, and so far does not seem equal to the team of last year's entering class. Coach Wallace does not consider the outlook for today too encouraging, but welcomes the chance to see his charges play against a well trained opponent...
...militia in time of impending trouble. Argentina has had this compulsory system since 1901, and through it has trained an enormous number of able-bodied men to serve with the colors in time of war. Under the stringent physical examinations provided under the law a man with the slightest defect is excused from military service...
...have read with interest and sympathy your two editorials of May 1. But at the same time it must be remembered that one defect of the many virtues of democratic government is a lack of co-ordination which diminishes efficiency, retards and confuses action, and calls, at the beginning, at least, of any crisis, for the aid of private and voluntary association and effort...