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Word: poorness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1880-1889
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...nine, by its geographical position, is debarred from out-door practice until several weeks after our opponents. Besides this, the 'Varsity is compelled to give up our small cage to the freshman nine and to the lacrosse team some part of every afternoon. Again, the light is very poor, and effectually prevents any good ball work. All these things can be remedied very easily next year, if the ball management takes the matter in hand early enough. With the present surplus which the H. U. B. B. C. possesses, the hiring of some building like the old Harvard rink...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 3/18/1887 | See Source »

...news of the death of Edward Fox Fessenden on last Friday evening, March 11, has cast a sudden and deep gloom upon the whole senior class. Mr. Fessenden had been in poor health for some weeks, and on Sunday was in great suffering. On Tuesday pneumonia manifested itself in its most violent form. Few men will be more regretted not only by his class mates but also by all his many friends in and about college. None who came in contact with his simple, manly character can fail to grieve at his loss. His career at college, both socially...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Edward Fox Fessenden. | 3/14/1887 | See Source »

...appointment has been made to the editorial board of the Yale News from the Sheffield freshmen, owing to the poor quality of the work that has been offered by them...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fact and Rumor. | 3/11/1887 | See Source »

When academies are permitted to give college degrees, a two-fold injustice is enacted. Such a giving of college degrees is unjust both to the public and to the poor student, who will sooner or later learn to his sorrow the great difference between his A. B. and, for example, that from Yale...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A. B. Again. | 3/2/1887 | See Source »

...evidence that snobbishness was far more prevalent than it is now, and that is saying a good deal. One of the most remarkable customs of the early days of the college was that of arranging men in class according to social position. This must have occasioned many worthy but poor students considerable mortification and chagrin. A writer on the subject says: "The scholars were often enraged beyond bounds for their disappointment in their place; and it was some time before a class could settle down to an acquiescence in this allotment. The higher parts of the class commonly...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Early Customs at Harvard. | 2/24/1887 | See Source »

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