Word: lacking
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Johns Hopkins University; and the Pitt press at Cambridge and the Clarendon press at Oxford have long been famous. These enterprises certainly add to the influence of colleges where they are located and extend their usefulness. Harvard has done little in such ways; principally no doubt because of lack of funds...
...proved themselves dilatory in several respects. We have, to a certain extent, (though for fair reasons) been somewhat backward in contributing to sports. It is doubtful whether we will be a "high stand" class, either, or will produce many honor men. But in one thing particularly we have been lacking - in class spirit. Undoubtedly we will exhibit many fine qualities before the end of our course, for there is good material in the class, but we cannot begin too soon to cultivate a proper amount of class spirit. For this purpose a class supper would be of the greatest possible...
...prospects of a game with Yale, are yet deserving of cordial commendation and praise. As the Crimson has stated, it may be very likely that the previous poor playing of the freshmen was due in a large measure to weak support from the class, and consequent discouragement and lack of enthusiasm in the nine. The class has certainly been much to blame, and should here come forward and show its appreciation of the efforts of its nine...
...receipt of a communication berating the lack of enterprise shown in Cambridge, in that there is no place where boats may be hired by the hour for use on the Charles river for rowing and sailing. It should be remembered that men who wish to indulge in this recreation can have the use of the club boats at the boat-house upon payment of a small fee. But still it would be a great convenience for those who only desire a few hours' use of boats during the entire season if it were possible to hire light pleasure boats...
...With so many of its most efficient members absent from duty next year, with the present vacancies that exist in several most important positions still unfilled, and the probability of one or more vacancies to come, and finally with a teaching force diminished and otherwise restricted on account of lack of funds, it would seem as though any prospect of a betterment of its present facilities must be very remote indeed...