Word: defectiveness
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...institution as large as Harvard who will be dishonorable enough to cheat or hand in work not their own. But these offences against truthfulness and honor are not confined to a few, and the undergraduate sentiment concerning them is not sufficiently condemnatory. Why this vital defect in the college morals should exist is hard to decide; but we believe the men who represent another's work as their own, fall into the evil through carelessness and thoughtlessness of its dishonorable character, if a man can commit an act of deliberate dishonesty through thoughtlessness...
...leads with 307 students, New Jersey is next with 249 and New York third with 165. A number of new courses have been added and in the faculty there are several changes and additions. The entrance requirements in English are greatly increased in an effort to remedy the general defect in thit branch...
After a thorough investigation a report was completed and published in the spring of 1894. No other educational document published in this country has been more widely read or has caused more discussion. The committee found that the defect in the secondary school lay in the course of study rather than in the teaching, and was caused by continuing the study of elementary subjects too long...
...experiments can be used in perfecting the stroke of the individual, and of the entire crew. It is not enough to discover by experiment where the stroke is least effective, although this may be of great value; the main point must be to find a remedy for the defect which has been discovered. It is hoped that the machine which Professor Hollis has invented will do both...
...singing of the Glee Club, especially in the softer songs, "Ben Bolt" and "In Picardie," was marked by an unusually careful attention to expression. The latter song was, from a musical point of view, the best on the programme. The only serious defect was in the vocal waltz "Invitation," in which the piano accompaniment was too light to keep the voices in tune. The new march, "Onward," was sung with excellent spirit, but old "Schneider's," which was sung as an encore after the first number, was better rendered than it has ever been before. The solos were all good...