Word: faults
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...treated in the two compartments are in strong contrast to the figures of the youthful soldiers in the deep-toned battle picture or the opposite side of the hall. Homer the mighty, Virgil the sweet-voiced, are the figures chosen to adorn this window. The composition is charming. The fault which some people have found with the '60 window, of its admitting too little light, cannot here apply. It is pale in tone compared to the window just named, and lets in as much light as the weak casement at its side. It is a cool-looking window and pleasant...
...design is exactly reversed, and the graceful Virgil holding his scroll of verses turns his back upon the blind bard. It is to be hoped that this error will be corrected, as it might be at a small expense and trouble. If one did no know of the fault, one would probably fail to detect it, yet after it has been pointed out, it lets us see and think of nothing else. There is a certain appropriateness in the juxtaposition of Homer and Virgil, which in some of the other windows is sadly lacking Men who in no wise belong...
...remain, there are plenty of new men ready and anxious to fill the vacancies, and moreover there is more than usual enthusiasm manifested by the college at large in the work of the team, and this alone is very gratifying and encouraging to the players. The principal fault apparent in the play of the men is a lack of quickness in picking up the ball and a want of sureness in catching it. Of course there are other small faults, but the good paints more than over-balance these. The men are particularly good in rushing, and show great progress...
...tendency of Harvard teams not to fall on the ball was often painfully evident in Saturday's game, but this fault will undoubtedly soon be overcome. On the whole the captain is to be congratulated on the showing of the team so far, and the eleven merits all the encouragement that the college can furnish them in the subsequent practice. Wesleyan played a very commendable up-hill game, and the return match later will surely be a very interesting one. Beattys, their half back, did the best kicking of the game, while Gordy in the rush line did some very...
...failure in gaining an honor the infallible test of a student's attainments. There are instances in which ill health, mobility to pursue a continuous course or other unavoidable circumstances prevent a student of genuine merit from reaching the required standard of excellence; and she is consequently, through no fault of her own, placed, in the judgment of outsiders, upon a level with the incompetent and the lazy - a fact which may seriously interfere with her future success in gaining desirable work...