Word: failings
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...students rooms; and there have been, of course, many important repairs and changes in the exterior of the building in the course of its long life. However it has never been so much changed as to lose its identity and the right to be called Wadsworth House, and cannot fail to be of great historical interest as long as it exists...
...applies all through the stroke and, to a greater or less extent, throughout the boat. The great improvement, however, has been in overcoming to a great extent the bad hang which the crew had on both the catch and the finish. This change is most encouraging. The men still fail to get their weight on the stretchers, and after rowing well for a short distance they let up too much. This last fault is being gradually overcome. Most of the men ought to get in somewhat more work with their legs. Eighty-eight has been seriously handicapped by the want...
...devotes himself to study exclusively, withdrawing himself from all human interest, is quite as mistaken an extremist as he who neglects his studies altogether. The former's science of navigation may be excellent, but if he does not know the sun when he sees it, his ship will fail of a successful voyage all the same. It is for this reason that the names most prominent on the honor list during the college course are so seldom heard of after graduation. The man who will succeed and whose training will do the greatest good to himself and to others...
...game simply through this fault. There are doubtless, reasons why every man cannot be a good base runner, but there is no excuse for the poor coaching, which has cost us many a run this season. If there is anything which disgusts spectators it is to see a man fail to make a base when opportunity is offered, or try to run more bases than his hit will give him, or, worst of all, caught nap ping at his base. It seems too bad that a nine which does such brilliant work in the field and at the bat should...
...fellow students are not any more brilliantly endowed mentally than the rest, but they have one great superiority, that of knowing when and how to study. They portion out a certain amount of time each day to study and come what may, be it sport or exercise, they never fail to devote so much time to their studies, nor swerve in their duty. Thus, as it were, wedging their minds between two rigid walls of time they learn to accomplish more by thus limiting their opportunities of study than many who never cease to "grind" out the modicum of study...