Word: poorness
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Yale "Lit" medal has been given to Herbert Augustin Smith, of the senior class, for his essay on "University Life." The competition for the prize has been poor of late and it has not been awarded since it was given to Pierson...
...skating, and a good game would thus be assured. I think that many men who are now indifferent to this sport would take a livelier interest in it if they could be certain of not having a cold tramp to the pond only to find the ice in poor condition or the games of hockey all monopolized by the muckers. It may seem a poor time to agitate this subject now that the ice is covered with snow, but in this uncertain weather any day may bring skating, and advantage should be taken of this interval so that...
...late William Hilton of Boston, Harvard, Amherst and Williams each receive $50,000. The same amount is left to Phillips Andover and $10,000 to the Abbot Female Seminary of Andover. All of these sums, with the possible exception of the last, are for the aid of poor students, hence do not swell the available funds for college management. By this gift Harvard will be able to offer an inducement for some poor student to make his home with...
...they do. It would be less exasperating if the instructor would not say anything about a theme unless he had something to say. As it is, one very often finds a line or two of criticism so indefinite as to give one absolutely no idea whether the theme be poor. indifferent, or good. An acquaintance of mine recently found this comment as what was meant for a description: "Regarded as a chapter this shows skill. It reminds me of a passage in Kidnapped." Now it happened that my illiterate friend had merely "skimmed" Kidnapped two years before. What...
...heretofore proposed any practicable plan to reform the present state of affairs at Memorial. Recently a gentlemen, unconnected with the college, made a thorough examination of the subject, and presents a number of excellent suggestions. The principal fault to be found with Memorial fare is the poor cooking of the food, due to the insufficient number of cooks, the overtaxing of their patience by the order system and to the absence of sufficient supervision over the kitchen. That the bad quality of the food is due to poor cooking is seen from the fact that there are times when certain...