Word: faults
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...opinion of the conservative element. Having reduced the contests to Harvard and Yale, the faculty feel that they can bring sufficient pressure to bear upon the Yale faculty to induce them to abolish professional practice at that college. Here, it seems to us, the faculty is at fault. Even supposing such an arrangement could be made, which is a matter of great doubt, the faculty would find further obstacles in this path of reform. The gentlemen who compose the faculty at Yale know too well the advantages of athletic victories. President Dwight believes in athletics as a strong element...
Although the provisional list of examinations has appeared to the gratification of all concerned, there are still many fortunate mortals who are anxiously awaiting another list of examinations, familiarly known as the "makeups." It is a most barbaric mode of torture to keep individuals, who through no fault of their own have to take their mid-years this spring, in complete ignorance as to the precise date when they must prepare themselves for the welcome ordeal. They are all longing to vindicate themselves before their instructors for absence during the last general examination, and it is only fair...
...another column we publish an extract from a communication written to a New York daily by an alumnus of our college, in which the writer finds fault with the manner of awarding deturs and scholarships in vogue here at Harvard. Although Mr. Harlow states that he knows "wherof he speaks," he is evidently laboring under misapprehension on several points. In the first place, one half of the men in college do not compete for scholarships, as he states. Statistics show that only about one fifth of the men in each class apply for scholarships, and of these fully two-thirds...
...writer further complains that some students are handicapped by their poor preparation for college and are obliged to take a lower stand than their more fortunate fellows. In this connection, he finds fault with the method of awarding prizes because he says it is made purely on the basis of scholarship. In this, he is only partially right. Scholarship is of course the basis of awarding aid; what else could be? But the gentlemen who have the distribution of scholarships in charge, have the privilege of using their discretion as to whether high standing shall be the only thing considered...
...errors of our opponents, gave us the winning run. The batting of the nine as a whole was very good, especially that of the new men. The cold made fielding swift balls difficult, and many of the errors were due to that. The most noticeable fault of the nine's work was a carelessness in fielding due, no doubt, to the lack of practice. The quick and accurate fielding which we must have before we can hope to defeat Yale can come only by constant practice. We feel sure that Captain Henshaw's energy and skill will do all that...