Word: discreditably
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Harvard--a somewhat exaggerated statement, written from a not altogether unbiased point of view. After discussing the absurd position in which certain Seniors have been placed by appointment to positions as assistants in courses where they must correct the work of their own classmates, the editorial proceeds to discredit the entire system of employing men but recently graduated, as instructors in undergraduate courses. Such "a man," says the editorial, "who goes directly from his undergraduate work here into the work of teaching other Harvard undergraduates is bound to be narrow and of little value as a teacher." In concluding...
...feet. But such a blow to them now as would be dealt by the new policy of the Athletic Committee would be nearly fatal to some if not to all of them. As a rule the minor teams represent the University in a way that is far from bringing discredit to it; this year the record in hockey, lacrosse, and tennis was especially creditable...
...about a length. The boats rowed down stream from the Harvard Bridge to the Union Boat Club. As the Union crew was fresh when it met the University crew on its way down from the boat-house, the outcome of the race cannot be set down to the discredit of the latter. A brush between the second and third crews was stopped by the breaking of a seat in one of the-boats. The third crew was slightly in the lead at the time...
...faults of the team in general do not reflect so great a degree of discredit upon all the members. Some of the men played exceptionally hard, and all doubtless had such intentions, but their efforts were in large measure misdirected. Too much benefit to the team was lost through attention to personal matters which should not have entered into the game. Shea was one of the chief offenders in this particular and devoted himself to it so assiduously that his aid to the team or to his own position was not of a very positive nature. His work in advancing...