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Word: poor (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1910-1919
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Especially poor ice slowed up yesterday's hockey practice, making it hard for the men to keep their feet. A half hour of passing and shooting was followed by a practice game between the first and second teams in which the regulars scored twice and shut out the substitutes. G. Townsend '17 and G. A. Percy '18 were the two scorers. The former has been playing right wing since the game with the Boston Hockey Club just before the vacation and seems to be the most likely man for the final choice for that position...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: McGILL GAME CERTAIN | 1/4/1917 | See Source »

...talk a great deal about our prosperity. The well-to-do have become wealthy; the wealthy have become opulent, yet "the poor are always with us." Moreover, their poverty is no whit lessened by the prosperity of those who have so much. What satisfaction may they draw from this season, if its sole meaning is one of abundance...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BEFORE THE BATTLE TRUCE | 12/22/1916 | See Source »

...improving as a defensive player, but although he goes into the game hard and knows what he is trying to do, he is still uncertain in his playing. He is a fast back and uses his stick well, but fails to take advantage of all his openings. The exceptionally poor ice tended to slow him up as well as the rest of the squad and make real team play difficult...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: STIFF DRILL GIVEN HOCKEY MEN | 12/19/1916 | See Source »

...College Office has also spent considerable time in the pursuit of the elusive snap course, and by means of fixed standards of marking and other ingenious devices it has produced a very salutary effect. Hounded in this fashion both by Office and students, the poor snap course has ceased to exist as a separate species. There are still hard courses and easy courses, it is true, but the student will now find that what he gets out of a course both in marks and in knowledge depends very nearly upon what he puts into it in the way of conscientious...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SNIPING FOR SNAP COURSES | 12/14/1916 | See Source »

...Medley of Popular Airs arr. Parmelee and Pell(2) Rendez-vous, Intermezzo Rococo, Aletter(3) Skylark, waltz, Deppen(4) a. "Poor Butterfly," from "The Big Show" at the New York Hippodrome Hibbellb. "Mammy's Coal Black Rose," Whiting(5) "Stars and Stripes Forever," exit march, Sous

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: DRAMATIC CLUB PRESENTS "MISSION OF THE DAMMED" | 12/12/1916 | See Source »

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