Word: poore
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...though that the tank can be improved by narrowing the compartment in which the oars move. Everyone will be thankful when the time comes to go on the water; and this time, from the looks of the weather, is not far off. The tank is at best only a poor substitute for a boat of any kind. If the crew rows till the end of this month is the tank they are sure to have the faults of having a bad hang at full reach, a great splash at the catch, a great jerk at the finish, and a general...
...been little or no interest shown in the matter. The Glee club has sung only four times this year, including the singing at the Springfield assembly, which can hardly be called a concert. Of the three concerts, two were in Cambridge and the other in Brookline. This is a poor showing for one of our most successful clubs...
...told that as yet only a comparatively small number of the freshmen have become members of the Athletic association. The reason for this poor representation is not clear. It is a duty which every undergraduate owes to our athletic interest to join this association when he first enters college, and the feeling of loyalty which we take it for granted that he possesses ought to lead him to give genuine support to such an organization. Looking at the matter from another point of view, it certainly is for a man's individual interest to belong to the Association. No student...
There are 850 quarts of milk used every day at Memorial, and about 500 pounds of beef are bought whenever they have beef for dinner. Two barrels of flour are consumed in a day. All victuals left over are sold early in the morning to the poor at the rate of ten cents a basket...
...crime segregate to the lower and more unhealthy portions of the city and it becomes necessary in order to relieve distress to establish relief societies. These societies simply give alms to the people who apply for them and concern themselves very little in any other means of helping the poor. In the last report of the New York society for the relief of the poor, the opinion is strongly hinted that the charitable work done by that body in the last fifty years has done more harm than good-that the whole thing is a huge failure. This comes from...