Word: lacking
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...item in the Aeronautics section of your April 22 issue, under the caption "Bungles.". . . You say that the accident was inexcusable. Maybe so-but it was unavoidable, nevertheless, so far as the pilots of both ships were concerned. The thing, perhaps, that is inexcusable is the lack of air traffic control at large air-ports like the Ford Airport. You can figure out for yourself, very easily, that a ship nosed up going at a rate of per-haps 60 miles an hour, has a clear field ahead so far as he can see. But above him, and some distance...
...Indians have played and lost three hard games. They have suffered defeat at the hands of the Army. Penn State, and University of Pennsylyama Furthermore, the Dartmouth twelve will be handicapped by lack of outdoor practice while the University team has a week's practice period at Sytacuse to its credit during Spring Becess as well as constant practice since its return...
...student whose major interest is either government or history there often appears to be a lack of instruction in contemporary questions. Such a condition is inevitable in an institution such as Harvard which limits its teaching to fields in which the material is fact and not fancy. Past experience has shown that with current events all the pertinent facts are sifted out only through the mills of time...
...involve the extra expense incident to the construction and subsequent wrecking, of a temporary roof. During the time of building the third story, much if not all of the gymnasium will be closed to facilitate the activities of the contractor and his employees. And obviously the University will completely lack for an indefinite period the use of the top story which has not been built. As this was planned to contain the basketball floor, its non-existence will place a burden on many...
Critics delight to dwell upon the alleged stereotyped form of modern education. They deplore the lack of "contact" of college courses with the current life of the time, saying that there is need of a keener recognition of the changing effect of world events on the subject-matter. While any drastically revolutionary remedy for such deficiency must be looked on with suspicion, a plan suggests itself which is encouraging in its simplicity. The plan is to interpolate the regular lectures or class-room discussion in such subjects as government or economics with timely discourses on important world problems. How many...