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Word: lacks (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1890-1899
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...freshman eleven are worse this year than they have been in the memory of any undergraduate. They started with good prospects, over sixty candidates appearing, but the number has now dwindled down to ten or twelve some days. The lack of interest shown by the class as a whole is something unprecedented. The coachers, T. E. Sherwin '94, and J. S. Wadsworth '95, have about concluded that there is no chance to make a good freshman eleven. The only consolation is that the freshmen now with the 'varsity squad will eventually play with their class team...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: '96 and '97 Elevens. | 10/14/1893 | See Source »

Many applicants for admission to Vassar were refused this fall owing to lack of accomodations...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fact and Rumor. | 10/13/1893 | See Source »

Ninety-seven did not hold their opponents well, though there was some improvement in this respect in the last half. The entire eleven is light, particularly behind the line; and there is as yet no marked skill to counteract the evil effect of this lack of weight. The team play decidedly needs careful attention...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Football. | 10/11/1893 | See Source »

...very interesting letter from C. R. Bardeen '93, ex-president of the association, was read, in which he says that owing to lack of interest in the first winter meeting it ought to be abolished and that unless greater effort is made in the other two they should also be abolished. Mr. Bardeen also speaks favorably for the continuance of the open handicap games held here in Cambridge in the spring...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard Athletic Association. | 10/6/1893 | See Source »

...majortiy of college men who, for one reason or another, cannot indulge in the harder games of football and baseball, this light work in the gymnasium will be of the greatest value. The exercises will gradually increase in difficulty through the two terms so that the work will never lack interest. To the student who exercises to keep his body in condition while his mind is growing, practice in the gymnasium is very necessary. Dr. Sargent's plan then should arouse a good deal of enthusiasm and meet with a hearty response from the students...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 9/29/1893 | See Source »

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