Word: poore
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...mile handicap race the handicapping was very poor. The limit man caught the two scratch men before the race was half over and at no time during the race were the latter in it for a moment. G. S. Baker Jr., with 225 yards won, W. E. Putnam with 200 yards was second; time 5m. 10 4/5s...
...ready to fight with the man opposite him. He was repeatedly carried off his feet through his inattention to the game, and caused Harvard to lose the ball several times by off-side playing. Haughton took Stevenson's place in the second half and made a heartily poor exhibition of himself. He was tossed about at will and was not in the game at any time...
Known opportunities for volunteer service among the charities are utilized, and others thought out as the tastes and special talents of the students may suggest new ways of serving the poor or unfortunate, in their own homes or in institutions, in connection with existing agencies. Always, however, the student is sent where, as he gives himself, he will receive the guidance and direction of experts, and profit by association with discreet and experienced people...
...number of young men have become friendly visitors for the Associated Charities, and have met the poor in their won homes. Others have taken charge of Home Libraries for the Children's Aid Society,- small libraries placed in the homes of poor families, some boy or girl in the family acting as librarian, and the membership of a library including half a score of children from a single neighborhood who meet with their visitor once a week to exchange and talk about the books, read, sing, play games, save their pennies, etc. Another young man has visited a bed-ridden...
...student who wants to do a bit of charitable work, or religious work among the poor, has but to call on the director at Grays 17 between nine and eleven o'clock any Tuesday morning to secure a personal and confidential interview. It may take ten minutes, or half an hour, or perchance more than one interview, for the director to deternine what he would advise the student to do, and to prepare him for an intelligent start in the work recommended. His experience, temperament, tastes, special talents, studies, health, future profession and place of residence, require to be taken...