Word: poorest
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...educational group, composed mostly of schoolmasters and college professors. It was reported that in spite of confining duties this group had rounded up nearly half of their assignments and had succeeded in obtaining approximately $25,000 up to last night, form what is agreed to be the poorest paid department in professional life...
...ever occurred to him that teachers are notoriously the poorest paid professional men, that while the cost of living has soared, with a consequent increase of wages in all other branches of activity, instructors are now living on the same pay they received years ago? A man cannot do his best when he is constantly required to work overtime and outside of his regular duties in order to make both ends meet. Our correspondent's theories are delightful but scarcely convincing. It is at least novel to see an undergraduate demanding "personal sacrifice" from his instructors...
Severely handicapped by the lack of experienced runners, and laboring under the same difficulties as the other athletic teams, the University track team made the poorest showing of all this season. The waning interest in this form of sport at the University the same shortage of field event men which has been difficult to overcome in recent years, and the short time available for practice combined to make this year's schedule far from successful...
...this a time for any of us to attempt to excuse ourselves for refusing to do our duty by pointing to others who are not doing their duty. The fact that someone else is a scoundrel and a slacker is the poorest kind of a reason why I should be a scoundrel or a slacker. In fact, if there are others who are doing less than their share, that is the best reason in the world why I should do more than my share. That is the only way in which we shall ever get enough done to win this...
...expected this year that Harvard will match last year's efficiency in the final games, regardless of results. Nevertheless, it should be remembered that last year a great Harvard team, playing the poorest of football, was beaten by Cornell. It is the writer's opinion that it will not be difficult for Harvard this year to play a better game against the Ithancans than was shown by the 1915 eleven in that game...