Word: lacking
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...trust that the matter may now be dropped, before the manager of the Yale freshman nine has opportunity to make a further display of his lack of acquaintance with the rules under which his nine is playing...
...lack of sympathy which the faculty has always shown for our athletics of all kinds, it would seem that they disregard or hold in light esteem the benefits derived from healthy exercise. A certain amount of recreation and relaxation of the mind is absolutely necessary to make a successful student. The question is, whether it is better to obtain this required rest by playing tennis or ball, or by playing cards and billiards, and going to the theatre. It is surely better to be storing up health and energy for future use, than to adopt the latter course, which, though...
...matches at Watertown. yesterday, the highest scores were made by Messrs. Slocum, '86; Allen, '86; Austin, '86; and Meade, '87. Lack of space prevents further notice until a later issue...
...efficiency of Mr. Jones' work toward eradicating the old-time rant and rage in speaking than the speaking of last evening. Self containment was the most notable characteristic of the speakers in genral. Although some unnaturalness in gesture and attitude was manifest, this arose rather from a lack of individual practice and from distinctive peculiarities than from any defect in the system at present pursued in the college. And yet we cannot but think that the degree of excellence reached in the speaking was hardly what it should have been. There is certainly in the college elocutionary ability...
Complaint has been abroad of late regarding Sever 11 as a lecture room. This complaint has been due to two causes, the lack of desks or book-rests in the room and the difficulty of hearing the lecturers. The first cause cannot be eradicated, but the evils resulting from it can be avoided by having such sections, as find the extensive taking of notes necessary meet in some other place where there are desks, for example in the lecture room in Dane Hall. The positions that men have to assume in order to take notes in Sever 11 are extremely...