Word: poorly
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...account of the storm of Saturday morning the ice was in poor condition, and consequently the game contained little passing or team-play on either side. For the first time this season the Harvard team played with its regular line-up, Morgan being at right-centre and Huntington at point. For this reason there was a noticeable improvement in the aggressiveness of the team as a whole, and in spite of the poor ice there were several flashes of good team-play between the University forwards. The defence, too, showed up well and although the condition of the ice considerably...
...informal way to urge men to enter these trials. In its behalf I should now like to make a public appeal to all men in the University interested in public affairs and public speaking to come out for our debating teams. We have heard much of late of the poor condition of debating here. However that may be, there are already some signs that a true, general interest in debating and public speaking is returning to us. An opportunity is now presented to many who have declared a concern for the interests of debating to give color to their words...
...Freshman hockey game with Milton Academy at Cunningham's Pond, Milton, yesterday afternoon resulted in a tie, 0 to 0. No extra periods were played for the ice was in poor condition. Neither side was able to show consistent teamwork and each team's defence kept their goal out of danger...
...which the Freshmen were defeated 3 to 1. Although practice has been held as often as ice has permitted, the players in general, and especially the forwards, have shown little improvement. There is a tendency towards individual work and the shooting has been very inaccurate and weak. The poor condition of the team is due to the lack of organized coaching...
...position to apply the unwritten standards of the English universities, which consider faulty expression a breach of decency. We must, therefore, find some mechanical means for checking the continued use of incorrect English. The system, in vogue in some other colleges, whereby a man who consistently uses poor English in his reports and theses is remanded to an elementary course in composition which does not count for a degree, offers a practicable and, on the whole, an effective solution...