Word: lacking
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...narrowness of college men and women and their lack of perspective on the world at large, has been the cause of much unfavorable comment in the leading magazines of today, even to the point of discrimination against the newly graduated students...
...Yale baseball team has experienced little success on its trip so far. The Blue nine, handicapped no doubt by lack of practice, expects to round into form by the time it reaches New Haven again. With several of last season's men in the line-up, much is expected of this year's nine...
Aside from these not very serious derogations, and a certain lack of polish in the minor parts,--Pygmalion is a very satisfactory and delightful performance, and anyone going to the Copley will be repaid with an evening of thorough enjoyment...
...good start with a stroke of about thirty-four which gave it its lead over the University at the 300 yard mark; then both the Harvard crews settled down to about thirty, while the Union's stroke was one or two points below. They were handicapped by a lack of training, as they have not been out on the water as long as the University crews. The finish line was passed first by the second crew, half a length ahead of the first, and then by the University, who led the Unions by a little over a length...
...actually an occasion for surprise. People not too familiar with conditions here wonder at the cause for this succession of routs, they smile at the facility with which the smaller colleges snatch contest after contest from Harvard, and they grope vaguely for the reason for our pitiful lack of prowess in swimming...