Word: poore
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Although more than 150 post cards have been sent to the first third of the class, up to noon yesterday only five tickets to the dinner tomorrow evening in the Union had been sold. This is a very poor showing, and means that if a great many more men do not sign the blue-books today, not only will the dinner be a failure, but the remaining two dinners, at which several prominent graduates have promised to speak, will have to be given up. The committee very earnestly urges that all the men invited do their best to come...
...sulkily in the close, dismantled library" and the hero's face "fresh, young, and ruddy from his gray ride over the boggy roads," etc. The tale is better than most of its brand, with interesting characters sharply defined in a charming and well realized environment; but the brand is poor. In the short article championing the university ideal for Harvard, Mr. Gregg likewise vitiates his contention by constraint and obscurity of diction...
...profit he could make. Ordinarily better results are obtained when men in charge of business enterprises (and Memorial should certainly be run on strictly business lines), share in the profits of their work. Moreover, with a stipulated maximum price, the operator of Memorial Hall could not afford to serve poor food, for his profits would have to come from a large attendance...
...Seven Sutherland Sisters won the scrub hockey championship yesterday afternoon by defeating the Little Jeffs by the score of 1 to 0. The ice was in bad condition and on that account the team-work on both sides was poor. Heron and Nelson excelled for the Little Jeffs, while Clifford, Graustein and Smart played well for the Seven Sutherland Sisters, the first making the only score from a scrimmage. The summary: SUTHERLAND SISTERS. LITTLE JEFFS. Graustein, l.e. r.e., Henderson Rice, l.c. r.c., Lightner Clifford, r.c. l.c., Nelson Eaton, r.e. l.e., Mann Perkins, c.p. c.p., Heron Tryon, p. p., Roberts Smart...
...first glance it would appear that the University association football team had a very poor practice season last fall, winning but one of six games played. On the contrary, the season was most successful. In contrast to the usual twenty candidates of former seasons, seventy men reported during the six weeks practice, and more sustained interest was shown in learning the game than ever before. Contests with teams of experienced men enabled the players to learn the true character of the game. The defeats, it should be remembered, were inflicted by such strong teams as the Fall Rivers, the Corinthians...