Word: lacking
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...horses are now maintained by the Military Science Department at the stables on Soldiers Field. Of these, twenty-two are polo ponies. Captain Clark hopes to start polo practice early in the fall for the more advanced groups in Equitation. At present, however, he is greatly handicapped by a lack of adequate facilities. Although the War Department has supplied all necessary polo equipment, it is still impossible to find any suitable field for practice during the fall and spring, or any indoor riding hall for regular use during the winter. Captain Clark pointed out that both Yale and Princeton have...
...announcement that Coach Stevens will have this year final and practically absolute authority on all matters pertaining to crew is further indication of a healthy attitude toward rowing. Critics have no longer any reason to expect a repetition of the lack of decision and clash of authority of former years...
...chief reason for the failure to institute the system has been said to lie in the lack of funds sufficient to employ the necessary tutors. This would seem to be a valid excuse, but it is to be regretted that, if such is the case, no more vigorous campaign has been conducted to raise the necessary fund. It seems both unfortunate and strange that among gifts to the University totaling nearly four and one half million dollars for the past year, nothing should have been given specifically for the extension of the tutorial system...
...would not have tutors in other departments "until the departments are convinced that it is wise to have them." This would seem to indicate that the departments and divisions which have not adopted the tutorial system are not yet convinced of its value. If this is true, and the lack of funds is not the only reason for failure to extend the system, it is a little surprising that there has been no more frank avowal of the reasons for departmental opposition...
...confusion of having two large squads reporting at the same time, the Fall track practice will be postponed until Thursday. When the first meeting is held, however, many veterans of either University or Freshman experience are expected to report. In the quarter mile, the team will feel the lack of Captain Merrill, who is playing football. Several other promising candidates, including M. A. Cheek Jr. '26, F. K. Kernan Jr. '24, H. T. Dunker '25, and C. A. C. Eastman '24, will not report for the same reason...