Word: lax
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...centuries, Camiguin's craters benevolently poured forth soil-enriching lava which made the island abundant beyond the asking. But in periodic moments of ire, the volcanoes visited havoc and death on the people-always, said the elders, because God had been displeased by younger Camiguenos who grew lax in their churchgoing, forgetful of the feast days and neglectful of the sign of the cross. When his children did wrong, an elder would glance fearfully toward the horizon and mutter, "The volcano will get angry...
...National Collegiate Athletic Association's policy-making council yesterday attacked lax academic standards, professionalism, and commercialization in college sports. The council, meeting in Chicago, proposed a program of rigid athletic controls for the nation's schools...
...freshmen have been lax in attending practice lately, and have been scrimmaging lethargically. With just over a week left till the Yale game, Guyda said be would start practice promptly at 3:15 each to try to get the team back in shape...
...saying that "only student performers have faults in the CRIMSON." Both statements are wrong. If Murray will re-read just the reviews that have appeared this fall, he will find (1) that every one devotes space to criticizing the performance; (2) that the professional B.S.O. had "too loud" brass, "lax interpretation," "a shaky start," etc; (3) that the student Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra was "top-notch ... of professional calibre" and gave an "electrifying performance"; and (4) that, in one case, a professional performance was judged far inferior to student performance of the same work...
...citadel of American education, however, will not be so lax in examining him as an athlete. An exhaustive perusal of his gridiron pedigree ensues, under the guidance of Lloyd Jordan, who, Mr. Bender notwithstanding, seems to be our new director of admissions. In addition, we have such nauseating stunts as entertaining entire prep school football teams at one of our Saturday afternoon flascos, a device calculated to lure scholar-athletes by evoking their feelings of pity...