Word: lacking
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...which much work remains undone. Occasional reform administrations in our large cities simply emphasize the inadequacy of a system that renders periodic "reform" necessary. At Harvard an organization admirably equipped for the study of this problem has been built. This organization should not be allowed to atrophy for lack of a leader...
There are obviously many men who profit considerably by this work who are not candidates for honors either because they lack the necessary group rating or because they have no desire to be candidates. Further, there are numerous instances of men who have become candidates for honors after period of one or two years of ineligibility. If they had been denied tutorial work during this period it would have greatly increased the burden of both tutor and tutee when they did become candidates. It is also likely that the independent work with a tutor very often inspires a student with...
...mean 'These are good tripe and onions.' 'You smell like a rose,' or 'Waiter, another whisky and soda.' This sort of thing makes it difficult for the foreigner, but the English themselves can tell instantly what is meant by the lack of inflection in the voice and the complete absence of expression on the face." Writing of English millinery they call attention to "the tailored felt, worn en bash over the eyebrows or well back on the head, its slant depending on whether you prefer to have the rain pour down your back...
...obvious cause of these conditions has been lack of money; another is nor far to seek. Tutoring has too rarely been regarded, either by the University or by the tutors, as a career. Often it has been not been not even the doorway to a career. The pay has been inadequate, the work exacting and often exhausting, and the tutor knew that, no matter how well he might perform his task, his promotion to an assistant professorship would depend upon qualifications among which tutoring ability ought to be one of the most important, but that it would rarely be given...
...present, it is sufficient to say that the Juniors showed a deplorable lack of tact in failing to notify the Student Council of their action and in presenting it without consultation to the outside world in such an unfavorable light. Consciously or unconsciously, they have placed two leading members of the Senior Class in a position where they both must receive unpleasant criticism. One thing already stands out clearly; the election does not involve personalities or friction, only bad management...