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Word: poorness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Undergraduate" of yesterday, he had better learn that such flippancy as his toward a graduate makes very poor reading for the college at large, besides being very impertinent and indicative of defective breeding...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Communications. | 11/9/1887 | See Source »

...DAILY CRIMSON:- In last Saturday's CRIMSON appeared a very vicious and wholly uncalled for attack upon the instructor in English 12. The writer complains because the criticisms on his themes are pithy and to the point-because the instructor gives his real opinion in a few words, of poor and hasty work. Is the writer of this bitter invective so thin-skinned that a few short, sharp criticisms penetrate to his very marrow? If so, it proves the thorough efficiency of the instructor; if not, Mr. "English 12" has no right to complain. The instructors at Harvard take...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 11/9/1887 | See Source »

...following criticism of the Yale foot-ball eleven, which appeared in last Sunday's Globe, must be taken with the same amount of caution as are all reports about Yale athletic teams originating in New Haven. Although the backs may be poor, the rush line is certainly phenomenally strong; and will probably more than make up for the rest of the team...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Yale Eleven. | 11/8/1887 | See Source »

...weak spots in it now, but good coaching ought to remedy these within the next nine days. Most of the men in the rush line are really phenomenal players, but still they cannot play the whole game any more than a crack battery can win a championship for a poor base ball nine. Pratt and Wallace are to be the end rushers. The former was substitute in the '87 crew, and the latter has made a great reputation during the last two seasons by demonstrating that he could hold his own against two of the strongest men Harvard and Princeton...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Yale Eleven. | 11/8/1887 | See Source »

Harding, quarter-back, is one of the hardest workers on the team. His passing has been poor, but he is improving of late in that respect. One of the few on the team who tackle...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The University Foot-Ball Team. | 11/7/1887 | See Source »

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