Word: lacks
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Lest these facts be not appreciated by the Freshmen who have shown such a pathetic lack of spirit and energy, let me remind them that Freshman numerals are not a necessary adjunct to a University crew man. Several Instances can be given of men who have made an "H" in rowing who were not taken to New London at all in their Freshman year...
...showing was much worse than either that of this spring or last fall. It is obvious that many men who should come out are not doing so, and the management is very anxious to see more men tomorrow, when they are to report at 4.30 o'clock. The lack of coxswains is especially in evidence. More men are needed for this position, all men who have had any experience being eligible. It is hoped that this afternoon will produce a large increase in both oarsmen and coxswains...
...Caravan." The first transposes the "Madame Butterfly Motif" into the familiar key of Kipling's dialesticisms. The second is a highly colored trifle as frail as the "jewelled veil gossamer" that its writer mentions. The last is purposeless but inoffensive. Like so much modern verse, all of these compositions lack the bone and fibre of solid thought and poetic necessity. They leave the impression that their authors sat down and cried, "Lo, I must produce a poem," and then cudgelled their brains for a proper subject...
This deficiency is not confined to the Business School. Undergraduates are equally or probably more, deficient. Instructors often deplore the lack of good English in theses and reports, and the majority of class-room papers are full of solecisms and had spelling. The English standards of most courses are lower than they should be. Who is to blame...
...with the instruction of all of his colleagues and with that knowledge will conduct his own courses to better advantage. The more closely this state can be approximated, the sooner will the first-year student be enabled to overcome the difficulty which confronts every beginner in the law--the lack of legal back ground. This will not only be a great aid to the student but it will also help the teacher towards the systematizing and simplifying which our law needs, and is ready for today...