Word: lacking
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...increase in the facilities, in spite of all modern conveniences, there arises now and then the lament for the good old days; the complaint that student life is not what it used to be. One such article in a recent number of the "Graduates Magazine" points out the sad lack of private libraries among students, and the resulting traffic in second hand textbooks which flourishes on the Square. The undergraduate no longer dines in quiet with a few "kindred spirits", nor sits comfortably before a bed of coals glowing in his small grate. Instead he rushes from the clattering dishes...
...sixty percent vote, the condition of the class might be termed serious. It has been serious in every class for the past few years. But it has reached a point where it cannot be labelled "regrettable" or "unfortunates" and dismissed with an easy shrug of the shoulders as a "lack of class spirit". The Junior state of mind goes far deeper than that. The thing has come to a head and in one way or another has got to be lanced...
...class which decided to have official leaders chosen each year would commit itself definitely and there would be an end to the excuses of "not knowing the candidates." If on the other and the decision was to have no Sophomore or Junior officers, the cloud of criticism about "lack of spirit" and "indifference" would disappear. In either case, this miserable, dismal farce of the annual middle class elections would be stopped...
...rather weakly-played game on Soldiers Field last Saturday, the Freshman Soccer team was defeated by Worcester Academy 1-0. Both sides showed a lack of team-work and need for more speed. The only goal of the game was made in the first half by Hardy of Worcester on a long shot from the center of the field...
...tempting, generalities. Is Harvard abandoning the Law School to the Philistine and sending forth its alumni to conquer the field of education? Or is the undergraduate section of the College going back to the days of the "nil admirari", when education meant refinement and polish and a carefully aurtured lack of interest in anything that meant applied study? Either conclusion can be derived from these facts...