Word: defects
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Although the plays were run with dash and precision when the regulars were working, the drill became slower and less smooth when the first string men were replaced by the substitutes. The coaches are now endeavoring to prepare the substitutes to fill all gaps, and to overcome the serious defect so manifest in Saturday's game, the vulnerability of the team after a few changes have been made from the regular line...
...Harvard and Yale, and has pointed out that the stimulus of competition resulting would do a great deal to raise the standard of literary endeavor in both colleges. The tri-partite competition now planned should stimulate even keener rivalry and call out contributions of distinct merit. The conspicuous defect in American undergraduate life today is the lack of intellectual exercise, and every innovation that stimulates mental contests must receive our complete approval...
Much of the prevalent criticism of American Universities is based on the assertion that the greatest defect of the higher educational system is that it is not in sympathy with the needs of the community at large and does not cooperate heartily in the solution of social problems. That such criticism is unjust to a very large extent can be shown merely by referring to the contributions made by American universities to the advancement of the welfare of the people. In the field of government, to use Harvard as an example, the fruits of co-operation between theorists and administrators...
...Haven this evening. The Yale team has not developed very rapidly, and has had but little success thus far during the season. During vacation, it was defeated by both St. Paul's and McGill, by scores of 4 to 1, and 2 to 0 respectively. The most marked defect displayed has been a lack of endurance. The strength of Columbia has not yet been tried...
...enough in appearance to have a corporate sentiment, will give a chance for the intramural games and rivalry that we have lacked since the College has grown large; and will thus tend to throw men together rather than keep them apart. They will stimulate activity and interest, for the defect of the Freshman Year has hitherto been a tendency to indolence and apathy which is always the chief cause of mischievous pleasure-seeking. If the dormitories do not result in a more enjoyable, as well as a more serious and more profitable Freshman Year, we have not read human nature...