Word: poorness
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...those of their present owners, that to the world the "sweet girl graduates" of the Annex would be of more worth than the few embryo apostles of Episcopacy from the Episcopal School. But these ideas are all exceedingly poetic, or at least imaginative, and proleptic. The Annex is poor and the corporation of the Episcopal School is not likely to consent to a sale. The removal of the Annex from its present quarters on Appian Way, a street not at all pleasant and inspiring, to the grounds on Brattle street is not very probable, however pleasant to others and advantageous...
...valuable. Not only are there sectional differences, as in our own university we have men from the east, north, south, west, and far west; but also there are those other differences, resulting not so much from locality as from early bringing-up and surroundings. The rich and the poor, the extremely pious and the extremely liberal, the moderatists, the sages and geniuses and the dunces and fools, the sociable and the unsociable, the sensible and the cranky, those whose aim is mental and moral and those whose aim is physical excellence, the bad and false and the good and sincere...
...upper classes the subjects do not permit cramming of the same kind as that practiced with the classics. Hundreds of pages of history, philosophy, and physics must be read, and the men usually work alone, or at most in pairs. It is believed by some that it is poor policy to cram on the day preceding an examination, and after two or three days' work the last 24 hours should be passed without any time being given to the subject of the next day's ordeal. Few have the coolness or self-confidence required to pursue this policy. There...
...third Van Ausdal overthrew, allowing Nichols to score, and Willard to reach third; Allen hit safely, but was left on first, after Willard had scored, by Smith's striking out. Van Ausdal opened the game for Princeton by flying out to Tilden; Edwards hit to Edgerly, but through poor coaching Beaman attempted to get the ball, a collision resulting; Shaw hit safely, sending Edwards to third, and got second on an attempted put-out; both were left on base, however, as the next two men went out, leaving the score 2 to 0 for Harvard...
...cricket game between the Harvard and Boston teams, played Wednesday, only four of the regular team played. The game was arranged at the last moment, and was played on very poor grounds, where luck had undue sway...