Word: lacking
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...their recent race with the Unions has inspired them with courage and confidence in their powers. The sophomores are working quietly but steadily, and their boat is travelling remarkably fast. The juniors are suffering from the loss of their captain and stroke; they are rowing in good form, but lack life. The senior crew now have nearly their last year's crew and when they have settled down together good work may be expected of them. Contrary to the precedent of former years the order of the classes is not the favorite order predicted for the finish. The freshmen...
...accordance with the plan proposed. The corporation accordingly voted to leave the matter of the disposal of the counts to the association. The plan proposed however, was not carried out as the executive committee of the association concluded that it would be less satisfactory than the present method, or lack of method, of disposing of the courts. This is the position in which the matter now stands. Nothing has been done because no satisfactory solution of the difficulty has been proposed. The solution proposed by the Advocate, though there is much to be said in its favor, is open...
...being attained should the agitation for this end cease. The same writer we have quoted also says very forcibly: "The great danger which besets our college students is not an undue fondness for open-air sports, but the direct reverse - a withdrawal from ordinary human life and a complete lack of interest in everything that goes on outside of his special sphere. In Cambridge they call this tendency "Harvard indifference;" but its influence is not confined to Harvard. If our educated men are to gain nothing from what is termed a liberal education save a narrow selfishness and lack...
...sophomores are making a great effort for the race, and if they do not come in well at the finish it will not be on account of a lack of interest and labor. The crew averages 160 in weight and the men are all strong for their weight; they have not yet reached perfection in form, and much more hard work will be required to put the crew in good shape. The time of the whole crew is bad and the oars are allowed to sliver out at the finish, thus shortening the stroke at a vital point...
...college recommends all to whom commencement parts have been assigned to study elocution from now until commencement, but when and how they are to study is not mentioned. Surely, the elementary training which Mr. Jones, by reason of lack of time and press of work, is able to give cannot be deemed sufficient. Many men who would be glad to take up elocution if individual appointments were given, are unwilling to spend two hours a week in going to recitation in this subject and listening during much of the time to the speaking and criticisms of men who know...