Word: lacking
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...usual the yard was not lighted during the recess, and the lack of any moonlight made the walking still more difficult and dangerous...
...striking number. Mr. Carey's whistling was as good as ever, while the audience expressed their customary approbation. Although the Glee Club carried off the honors in the matter of encores, the Pierian was not behind in real success. Of course there was noticeable at times the roughness and lack of precision which is the unavoidable accompaniment of an amateur performance; while in one place there was a distressing want of harmony in the reed instruments, yet all such blemishes were of wonderfully rare occurrence. Meyerbeer's imposing march won a well deserved encore. Mr. Hillebrand's solo...
...fires take place in the college precincts, but their absence ought not to cause carelessness on the part of the students. Every room is more or less exposed to danger from the chance dropping of a lighted match, and every student should keep in mind the comparative lack of proper means for extinguishing a fire even though it might be very slight. The Harvard fire department, which many years ago effectually extinguished itself in attempting to extinguish an unpopular instructor, is a thing of the past, and will probably not be revived. Let each student, therefore, exert great care...
...influence, for Philadelphia's provincialism seems to be attributed in a very large measure to the policy of the University of Pennsylvania, the chief educational institution in that district. The name "University" is made to appear to be grossly misapplied, and this misapplication to be due to the utter lack of any dormitory life. Surely no stronger argument can be advanced for the adoption of the dormitory system, and its extension to whatever limits circumstances and demand justify. The aim of the trustees of the University is said to be "to train boys up in the way the should...
...between cause and effect, our perception of the result is not so clear. The use of alcoholic liquors, opium and tobacco are examples of this fact. We know how much the Greeks and Romans thought of exercise for promoting health. Cleanliness was a virtue well established among these nations. Lack of cleanliness is the cause of a large proportion of the deaths to-day, for we, on this continent, are at the mercy of the dirty people on the banks of the Ganges. The reasons why the Jew is so much healthier than his Christian brother, as statistics prove...