Word: poore
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...length. Williams at stroke and Faulkner at number 7 showed a strong tendency to shorten their stroke at the finish, and Rackemann, who rowed 5, rushed his slide continually. Hanfstaengl at 3 also will need to improve to retain his seat in the boat. Yesterday his blade work was poor...
Second Freshman crew--Stroke, J. Cutler; 7, Cable; 6, Butler; 5, Poor; 4, Mulligan; 3, Richardson; 2, Crowell; bow, Wooley; cox., Townsend...
...Hustler, the Wanderer, S. D. Preston '06Bang Bang, the Sultan of Morocco, W. G. Means '06Guiko, the Jester, R. M. Poor '06J. South West, an Englishman, H. D. Chandler '06Captain Knott, U. S. Navy, A. M. Harlow '07Ras El Nianar, the Prophet, J. J. Rowe '07Slave, A. G. Grant '07Ab Dar Rhamam, head of the Army, H. W. Nichols '07Sally, an English girl, B. L. Young '07Fanchetta, H. B. Sawyer '06Blue Wagtail Birds, R. S. Townsend '07 E. J. Fraser-Campbell '06Quartet, Murderers, Populace, Sailors, Coons, Harem
...speaker then took up the matter of poor service. He pointed out that the principal cry was against the overcrowding. He showed that much of this evil is due to the peculiar physical formation of the island which makes overcrowding inevitable. Furthermore reports of the New York State Railroad Commission show that cars are run as frequently as is practicable--a typical instance being the corner of Broadway and 23rd street, where cars pass at the rate of one every six seconds, while vehicles cross the tracks at the rate of 32 a minute. The speaker asked the affirmative...
...speaker went on to say that this loss would really be much larger because of New York's poor financial management and would be an effective barrier against lowering fares, developing new lines, or giving more adequate service...