Word: overworking
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...undeniable fact that for the last two weeks or more the men have played poor baseball, and that they must improve a great deal in order to win the important games scheduled for this week and next. It is quite possible that this poor showing is due to overwork. Since April 19 the Nine has played three games a week, only one of which has been at Cambridge; and, in addition to all this travelling there has been regular practice nearly every day. There is no doubt that the men are trying hard to do their best. But considering that...
Professor Williston of the Law School has been suffering for some time from ill health caused by overwork. He has in consequence been obliged to give up his college work for the present and will take a trip to the south for his health. His sickness is not at all severe, and it is expected that he will be able to resume his work after the Christmas recess...
...lack of sufficient clerical force necessitates the constant overwork of the clerks now employed...
...lack of sufficient clerical force necessitates the constant overwork of the clerks now employed...
...Intercollegiate football is injurious to the players. - (a) Physically. - (1) Liability to overwork. - (2) Nervous strain. - (3) Liability to injuries. - (b) Intellectually. - (1) Takes excessive amount of time. - (2) Takes excessive amount of thought. - (x) Total preoccupation before the great games. - (c) Morally. - (1) Encourages extravagance. - (2) Leads to vulgar notoriety. - (3) Engenders ill feeling between colleges. - (4) Dulls the sense of honor. - (5) Dulls the feeling and has a brutalizing influence. - (6) Establishes false ideals. - (x) Physical force placed above intellectual and moral qualities...