Word: lacks
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...years, however, these concerts have not been fully up to our expectations. We are not, to be sure, too critical nor expecting dress-suit platform performances, but there has been notably a lack of concerts and little regularity in attendance which has caused unevenness on the parts and lack of spirit and inspiration in the music...
Although there have been no lack of entries in recent years for the Boylston Prize elocution competitions, the small attendance of college men at the final contests, seems to show that anything like general interest in them has subsided...
...first two lectures in the course on Soldier's and Sailor's Life were given in Sanders Theatre last evening. The small size of the audience was doubtless caused by lack of advertisement. President Eliot aptly introduced both speakers...
...score of 8 to 1 in a five inning game. Only five innings were played as a cold drizzling rain fell continuously rendering the ball very slippery and difficult to control. McCornick was put in the box in order to save the regular pitchers, and showed his lack of practice by pitching an ineffective game. Nevins, on the other hand, pitched effectively, striking out seven men and allowing but three hits and these scattered. Lafayette's hits on the other hand were timely, and Walbridge's three bagger in the second inning brought in three runs. In the last inning...
...Saturday afternoon the Freshman nine defeated the Pomfret School team in a 9 inning game by the large score of 35 to 1. Although the game was played on the school grounds, the home team showed a total lack of confidence and the large number of runs made by the Freshmen was due in great part to the errors made by the school team. Whittemore pitched a good game for the Freshmen striking out 7 men. The batting of the team was very satisfactory, 14 hits being made to Pomfret's 4. There was, however, room for improvement...