Word: lacks
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...school for Boy Scout masters, made necessary by the prevailing lack of men eligible for positions in the scout service, has been organized and is open to all members of the University. This course, the meetings of which are to be held at Boston University, will extend throughout a period of three months. There will be no expense attached, instruction will be individual and under the tutelage of experts, and the amount of time occupied will consist only of weekly meetings coming every Thursday. The period of apprenticeship over, a scout master is expected to devote two hours a week...
...Lack of fuel has led to the closing of both the men's and women's gymnasiums at Syracuse University. Gymnasium classes have been suspended and the practice sessions of the track and basketball teams transferred to down-town halls. The Archbold Gymnasium will be opened for a basketball game with Princeton Saturday evening...
Through the intervention of the Department of Labor it will be possible to prevent the waste that now occurs because men of one trade are idle when they might be employed at another, and because industries hampered by lack of workers are uniformed of the Market in which their wants could be met. The extravagant idleness characteristic of seasonal trades can easily be modified, if not done away with. There are may occupations now producing luxuries that can be diverted to necessaries with profit to employers, employees and the country...
...cage, and had a short session of grenade-throwing under the direction of Captain F. Parkman, who explained the method of throwing the bombs. Lieutenant R. S. Lovering demonstrated the use of the French automatic rifle to the third and fourth platoons, whose work was somewhat hampered by the lack of space in the Municipal Drill Hall...
...enough to go and fight their country's battles, however, and we, with our old system of athletics, in which we placed the premium on the specialized expert, have really denied them the physical training that they find so necessary now. Why should they sacrifice their lives if their lack of fitness makes the sacrifice not worth while...