Word: lacking
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...quarter mile course since the men have had such a short while to get into condition. As a result of these races Coach Newell will select a squad of three light weight crews which will meet the University squad several weeks later. At present Coach Newell is handicapped by lack of enough coxes but it is expected that more will report today...
...busines world, I believe that there is a tendency among the better business men of Britain towards a distinct preference for men with liberal education rather than specialized vocations. It is a movement which I believe will grow. In the past, men of business have feared some lack of a steady habit of application among liberally-educated University graduates. Now they are finding that there is no reason to suspect this result: a man who has done well in one of the University's honor schools will probably do his work harder and faster than most...
...closing point of Professor A. B. Hart last night in the Philips Brooks House in his discussion on the subject of "Research Thyself" before about 300 men at the Graduate Schools Reception. Professor Hart in developing the importance of research in modern thinking and study, presented the lack of it in ancient Greek, circles of learning, and then traced its gradual growth to modern times as a method of securing knowledge...
...That the lack of this spirit is not a common heritage of students in every college is seen in the popularity and the success of the Y. M. C. A. at Yale and the Philadelphian Society at Princeton. It is therefore more probable that what Harvard undergraduate lack is not philanthropy but interest, or perhaps an atmosphere like that at the other two colleges. After the average undergraduate climbs beyond the freshman class, Phillips Brooks House is liable to become little more than a name to him, and in view of this condition it is really remarkable that Brooks House...
When the philanthropic societies at Yale and Princeton are thriving bodies, tha cause of lack of interest at Harvard becomes a question worthy of some attention. What draws the freshman, perhaps, is the novelty of doing for the first time some form of welfare work, or a feeling of obligation to do something unselfish. After the first year either the undergraduate loses interest because of developments within himself, or the atmosphere at Harvard is unpropitious to philanthropy,-of Brooks House itself, through some vital lack, fails to hold his interest longer. It is important for the future of the society...