Word: lacking
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Yale News complains of lack of support of the freshman crew by their class. They also urge the crew to do everything in its power to wipe out the disgrace of the freshman game...
...dead and without its usual spring. To make the record beyond dispute, four well known authorities in sporting circles came from New York especially for this race. It was purposed to have the time taken at three separate distances, the 150, 180, and 220 yards, but owing to a lack of official timers, the time for the 150 yards will not stand as a record...
...Especially creditable is this victory from the fact that the nine played on strange grounds - which is always more or less trying - and had not such strong support from their classmates as did their adversaries, that is, in point of numbers; for certainly they cannot complain of indifference or lack of enthusiasm on the part of the twenty or thirty men who followed their fortunes, and shared their triumph. We can only commiserate the men who, having nothing to interfere with their going to New Haven, save a miserable lack of confidence in the nine, wilfully remained in Cambridge...
...this the class of '88 are letting go unnoticed one of the oldest Harvard customs. It is quite easy to make the excuse just at this time of annual examinations. But the dinner should have been held early in the spring. It was simply negligence and lack of interest which has delayed the dinner. Let the dinner take place at once, and let the negligence be repaired. Set a date near the end of the term, and then let a hundred and fifty names be signed at once. Let not the present sophomore class disgrace the college by its lack...
...very heavy, and while the finances of the club are in its present condition, they cannot be assumed. Therefore, the welfare and life of the club are dependent upon the support received from the college. The team has been conscientious and hard-working in its practice this spring. The lack of success this year is therefore entirely due to the poorness of the grounds and the lack of college support, both by players and by money. The material from which the team had to be chosen was fresh, as few men play cricket before coming to college, so that great...