Word: lacking
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...members of the club held their first shoot on the Watertown grounds Saturday morning. The time chosen for the matches was unfortunate, as but eight men were able to leave their recitations and attend. The shooting was fair but showed lack of training on the part of the majority. Following is the summary...
...great lack in our national life of the present day is that of educated men who are willing to go into politics. This arises of course in large part from the fact that our public service has been almost entirely monopolized by men of exceedingly low principles, who have made it, in the language of the day, "too dirty a business for a gentleman to touch." But the original cause is that our young men while in the midst of their education are too much taken up by other things to give any attention to public affairs, and thus...
...Owing to lack of preparation at the Watertown grounds the meet announced for today will be postponed until Saturday morning, when the list of matches already published will be shot. All who intend to be present are asked to leave their names at Holworthy 22, or Hilton 12 before Saturday. Shingles can be obtained today at Holworthy 22 from 9 to 11 A. M. F. B. AUSTIN, Secretary...
...least a fair amount of work. The old method of conducting half courses, by which two lours of recitations per week were held throughout the entire year, was certainly a failure when viewed in this light. And in truth this was only a natural result. Aside from the lack of interest which was due to the intervale between the recitations, every man felt that such courses demanded more work from him than he was given credit for doing. It was openly acknowledged that two half-courses were far more than an equivalent to one full course, and yet in reality...
...have wondered at and regretted our defeats in athletic games with Eastern colleges, but the fact is easily explained first by our lack of interest and work, and secondly by our lack of funds. We have plenty of men; the fact is evident. All they want is proper training and the proper support. There is enough latent interest; all it needs is to be aroused and it will ensure the proper warm support as far as encouragement and co-operation are concerned. [The Chronicle...