Word: inferiority
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...material from which to choose the in and out-fields of the nine is of inferior quality to that of past years, while there are more places to fill than usual. The 'varsity has lost valuable men in Campbell, Boyden, Gallivan, Knowlton and Bates. Their places will be difficult to fill. Of last year's nine Henshaw will occupy his old position as catcher, Willard will cover first base, Quackenboss will probably play third, and Howland will resume his place in the outfield. Thus the positions of pitcher, second-base, short-stop, and two places in the out-field...
...play was first represented in 431 B. C., when it gained the third prize only, being judged inferior to the works of Sophocles and of Euphorion, the son of Aeschylus. This shows the comparative popularity of the authors more than the real literary merits of the pieces...
...dread of the supposed luxuries of Harvard life and the expenses incidental is a stronger factor against the college than the aversion of the young men themselves to a place where (by reputation) athletic contests are frowned upon and (by fact) athletic contestants are of inferior calibre. The parental prejudice is widespread, while the boys get their ideas only if they have attended the large boarding schools. Yet it is almost as plain that the failure of athletic interests has caused the parents to coincide with the sons' resolution to avoid Harvard as that such a fact has caused...
...evening session, President Kendall of Cornell read a paper on "The Teaching of Pedagogy in Colleges and Universities." He contrasted our public schools with the German gymnasium and real schools, and showed American schools to be greatly inferior. The remedy he said was in a systematic teaching of pedagogy in American colleges...
...ground, and as far as he has gone, has succeeded fairly well. The work is appreciative and careful and the style consistent and smooth. The short contribution "Henry the Second" written in oratorical style contains little that is original or of a high order of merit. It is inferior to the other portions of the number. The stanzas entitled "Arnold Dead" are very unequal. The first is labored and unmeaning, the second pointed and good...