Word: poore
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Under the Old Regime," is the title of some dialogue love verses. They are typical of most college verse in that they have nothing to say. They differ from a large part of college verse in that the form is poor. Mixed and illogical metaphor, words unfortunately chosen are fatal to the expression of any fancy of the Old Regime...
...Beall and Walcott in the outfield. There are several new men trying for the field besides these two. The team seems to be weakest in batting. Murphy, McClung and Beall are the only heavy batters among the men and the outlook for a good batting team seems rather poor...
...Seventy-third Psalm David considers and solves the perplexity which has been troublesome to not a few, in all ages. Virtue with crosses and misfortunes is not rare while vice is often prosperous and comfortable. Here a poor seamstress earns enough to sustain life only by constant and painful labor and there a careless cumberer of the ground is quite content in everything; here a charlatan thrives and there a well-equipped practitioner has scarcely a patient; here a demagogue makes a fortune out of the people's fears and hopes and there a patriot is unheeded...
...News, the men are slow in starting to recover and inclined to rush on last part of stroke. They do not hold shoulders well back at finish, do not put sufficient life into the stroke and do not pay strict attention to the coach. Their time is also very poor...
...Yale to secure the very best men in the college to represent the Yale Union in the next joint debate with Harvard. This means that the same effort must be made here if Harvard is to make a creditable showing in the debate. We cannot afford to make a poor showing at New Haven. The credit of Harvard is as much at stake in this do bate as in any of the other intercollegiate contests, athletic or otherwise. The Harvard Union announces this morning +++ time for the contest which is to determine who Harvard's representatives shall +++. The competition should...