Word: fault
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...them there ran a just pride in Harvard's past achievements and a justifiable anticipation of her future capabilities. President Cleveland's speech was especially noticeable for its manliness and straightforwardness. Even though the occasion had not prevented the listeners from being too critical, they could have found no fault with what they heard...
...enthusiastic enough; but you have let pride and vanity overcome you; and you will fall unless you perceive your error in time. We believe you can beat Yale if you go about it in the right way; you are dolefully wrong, now. Is it your captain's fault, Ninety, or, Captain, is it the team's? Correct it whose ever...
...faults of most of the men who have played in the last three or four games are given below. Harding is slow in getting through the rush line, and if he would start quicker and slow up at the finish, he would do better. He ought to pay more attention to his game and not bother with the rusher opposite him quite so much. He tackles hard and low, and keeps his eyes open. On the whole he is about as good as any man in the rush line. Butler is slow in getting through. He runs hard and follows...
...publish the notice that you kindly printed - a notice contrary to all my feeling about college life. In refusing to see students I lose more than they; and indeed it is always pleasanter to meet a man as his friend than to give the same time to finding fault with his compositions. Least of all do the freshmen deserve your censure; for I have seen little of them - not half enough to satisfy my wishes; moreover I should be delighted to know that our intercourse had been as agreeable to them as it has always been...
There is considerable fault expressed by students who are contemplating honors in Political Science at the way History 15 is arranged. There is an alternative in the courses for honors requiring either a course in Roman Law or History 15. Owing to the fact that the latter course is given on alternate years, it is available to juniors this year only. In consequence, the upperclassmen who wish to complete their course in Political Science, are either obliged to gain admission to History 15 or elect Roman Law. As the former is overcrowded, with thirty students, and as a number...