Word: lacks
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...earn money; all the support must come from the class. In order to furnish this support, the class must do its utmost in the way of subscriptions. For the past few years the freshman crews have come very near not being able to go to New London for lack of funds. Unless every man in this year's freshman class subscribes as generously as he is able, the same uncertainty will arise about sending the crew to New London, and the chances are even that funds will fall short. It costs money to run a crew, and if Ninety-five...
...itself brought out with a good deal of emphasis the point that the oratorical powers of the average Harvard man are far from wonderful or even creditable. The men who spoke last evening had fairly good ideas, but most of them were unable to air them intelligently and forcibly. Lack of practice has doubtless much to do with this condition of things. The want of self-confidence exhibited by many of the speakers was largely due to this lack of practice. There is no reason why, with the opportunities at hand, speaking should not be more widely cultivated...
...Congress. There is, however, no judicial department in the cities. In the municipal government, then, we have also a division of responsibility but there is not the same necessity for it. Our city governments as a rule, are not inefficient but the rule has exceptions. There is a lack of system and the various departments clash. Public institutions are much more expensive and less efficient than the same institutions would be were they in private hands. Owing to the general inefficiency of municipal government, it is practically impossible to increase their powers Most of the inefficiency...
...country to every 500 unbelievers. It seems better to educate natives for mission work than to bring in foreign missionaries, although of course the latter are very useful. But natives can accomplish more, and schools for their instruction are important items in the progress of the country. The lack of books is very great. One theological seminary of about sixty students has only about seventy books...
...with the affairs of the training table of neglecting his office. To do so at this time, before the accounts of the training table have been made public, would be clearly unjust. It is quite as possible, as our correspondent suggests, that the whole scheme was faultily conceived. The lack of a responsible head may wholly account for the failure of the undertaking, or this want of centralization may have been, and very likely was, combined with other bad elements in the original plan. We ourselves do not for a moment believe that any one man was wholly responsible...