Word: failings
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...results of the matches in the University tennis team trials played yesterday were as follows: H. A. Johnson '11 defeated L. McK. Miller '11, 6-2, 9-7; A. J. Lowrey '13 defeated A. M. Hyde '12, by default. The following matches must be played today without fail and the results left at Hollis 24, before 6.30 o'clock: A. J. Lowrey '13 vs. G. W. Wightman '12, H. A. Johnson '11 vs. J. R. Pratt...
...matches were played yesterday in the University tennis team trials, G. W. Wightman '12 defeating A. M. Hyde '12, 4-6, 6-1, 6-3, and J. R. Pratt '12 winning from H. G. Smith '13, 6-4, 7-5. The following matches must be played today without fail and the results left at Hollis 24 before 6.30 o'clock: H. A. Johnson '11 vs. L. McK. Miller '11, A. J. Lowrey '13 vs. A. M. Hyde...
Perhaps more men fail to realize their aspirations during their college career on account of the lack of these very qualities, than for any other reason,--men who are clever, who are earnest and energetic, who are capable and ambitious,--yet men who are afraid of forcing their own personality on those who are unacquainted with them. To urge these men to reap the benefit of a few courses in public speaking, might seem latitudinal,--were it not for the fact that these men seldom take such courses...
...Baltimore and part in Annapolis, and games will be played with Johns Hopkins and the Naval Academy. After the vacation the second team will be called out. The second team has a schedule of its own, playing several games with school, freshman, and college second teams. Those who fail to make either the first or second teams or for any other reason do not play on these teams, can enter the Leiter Cup series which will start immediately after the vacation and will last until the end of May. The rules and purpose of the Leiter Cup series will...
...heart to heart; a man must be moved in order to move others. If a man knows his subject and is sincere, he cannot fall to be an effective speaker. Clearness, which is a great aid to forceful speaking, aims at stating a truth so plainly that it cannot fail to be understood. If a man disputes a truth so stated, there is something wrong with him; his judgment is warped either by a false attitude of heart or else a pecuniary interest. In the first case, the thing to do is to ascertain the man's point of view...