Word: faulted
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...principal fault of the crew is, that the men do not row the stroke way through, and have a tendency to hang at the full reach. The men are also slow in turning back on their oars after the catch...
Methods of uniformity have no ethical values in schooling character. The dullard in the average class is not at fault for his backwardness, but the teacher who passes him by. All schools should be measured by their losses as well as their gains...
...acting was about up to the average of amateur performances. W. E. Dorman '98 as Croaker just missed being good. The fault was chiefly in his makeup. He looked altogether too cheerful for a "croaker." Allan Abbott '96 and Sturgis Coffin '97, the former as Jarvis, the latter in the double role of Butler and Bailiff, both did well. J. L. O'Brian '96 as Lofty deserves most credit. He entered thoroughly into the spirit of his part and showed genuine dramatic ability...
...while little attention has been paid to the freshmen since they went on the river. To be sure the 'varsity coxswain has several times coached from the stern of the boat, but this sort of instruction for an untrained crew is not very effective. A coxswain cannot see the faults of the men in the bow without upsetting the trim of the boat. The only men he can criticise to advantage are stroke and seven. He can tell perhaps that the boat is not going as it should, but he cannot know who is at fault. What is wanted...
There are three causes which can be shown in extenuation of this fault of Whitman: his sympathy with man, an immoral way of looking at the universe, and a peculiar theory of the functions of a poet. His sympathy led him to participate in and celebrate the sin of men. He looked at nature believing that it should be accepted in its entirety. And Whitman's motto in poetry was "Nature without check...