Word: lacks
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...large number of '97 men who are trying for the 'varsity nine leaves the number and quality of the candidates for the freshman nine somewhat below the average. Most of them are very light and inexperienced and as a whole they show a lack of enthusiasm and snap...
...develop any players of especial ability among the new men, although many of the candidates who played on their class teams are showing marked improvement. The most important work is being done by candidates for battery positions. Several of the new candidates for pitcher show plenty of speed, but lack control...
...chief obstacle to improvement is lack of money. The buildings have no special fund devoted to their needs, but must rely on contributions from a general fund out of which many other needs must be supplied. To devote an extraordinarily large proportion of this fund to the buildings will result in great harm elsewhere. Moreover, so long as the results of the present stress in financial matters are felt, this general fund will probably be so limited that any unusual expense will be out of the question. The prospect of improvement by the college authorities is not hopeful...
...compensate for a fraction of time taken from regular college work, and would be of such rare value that no small objection should be allowed to destroy the possibility of it. The failure to make satisfactory arrangements would be a matter of such widespread regret that we anticipate no lack either of effort on the part of the New Harvard Union officials or of consideration on the part of the college authorities...
...candidates for the freshman crew have been reduced to two crews. The training consists of rowing in the tank, daily runs, and exercise on the chest-weights and with dumb-bells. The first crew is doing fairly well, but there is a noticeable lack of interest about the second crew that is deplorable. They show a tendency to shirk their work and many of them fail to finish on the daily runs. However, the fact that they rowed the full stroke yesterday for the first time accounts in a measure for their general unsteadiness and irregularity. Both the crews...