Word: lacking
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...appearance 'of the other contestants in the shot and pole vault shows a lack of interest which is very reprehensible, and augurs ill for our success in the struggle for the cup next spring. Any failure of the candidates to improve every opportunity for practice is likely to render futile the efforts of the H. A. A. for success next spring. It is to be hoped that such delinquency may not happen again...
...Greek Government has offered to the Committee on the School an admirable site for building, of little less than two acres in extent, and of an estimated value of about $13,000. On account of lack of means for building, the committee have not been able definitely to accept this liberal and gratifying offer. A similar offer of an adjoining site has been made to and accepted by the committee in charge of the British School; the means for building have been secured by them; and, plans having been prepared by Mr. F. C. Penrose, the work of building...
Much of what Dr. Sargent had to say was quite true, and the students must lay the lack of sufficient hot water in part to their own foolishness. If those who come first would have a little more regard for those who are to follow, a great deal of unnecessary fault-finding would be obviated...
...facilities for rowing. With far less material in former years, we have crossed the line with twelve college crews astern, we have rowed the greatest of crews, Oxford; we have filled our library so full of trophies that some have to be rolled up and tucked away for very lack of room. Now, out of all this material is not something and indeed much to come? Thus, with a little new apparatus, splendid work will be done. Mr. Balch, the stroke of last year's winning crew, will be invaluable aid as a leader, because of his experience...
...with their team play was that it centred around three men instead of eleven. Yale's play was not centred as Princeton's, and the team did not work so nearly as an individual; but the superior playing of each man in the rush line made up for any lack of team play. That is, the Yale team as it was this year had the opportunity of doing better work than it did. Four or five of the rush line are undoubtedly the finest foot-ball rushers in America, if not in any other country. They played hard and recklessly...