Word: retardent
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...neglect to sit before that time will cause great inconvenience and retard the business of the class...
...five days remain for the freshman eleven to prepare for the contest with Yale, but the time, short as it is, is valuable, and must be employed to the utmost. The sudden storm that has come upon us must of necessity retard the out-door work somewhat; but this obstacle will doubtless be removed in a day or so. In the meantime the freshmen must keep up their training, either by gymnasium practice or other work...
...more of the questions which puzzle American students. Christ's yoke is no bondage as many men think. What is a yoke for? A yoke is a wooden collar intended to lighten the ox's burden. So Christ's yoke is put upon us to help us, not to retard us, If we take things as Christ took them, the yoke will be easy, and the burden light; but if we follow our own way, we will find it difficult to resist temptation, and the burden will be a heavy one. If a man finds life going hard with...
...dignity under all circumstances; and for the general prosperity of the college, and for the additions that have been made to the college buildings and funds, and the advances that have been made in the curriculum under the guidance of his policy, which was neither conservative where conservatism could retard safe progress, nor radically progressive. But with his withdrawal from the presidency, he will not sever his connection with the college as an instructor. Long may he live to teach before his classes, and to impress, by his example, those lessons of culture, generosity and uprightness, for which his life...
...rightly that this class enthusiasm aids largely in bringing about the best results. But the trouble is that the reaction against the modern spirit is apt to carry college students back again to the old days of hazing. We strongly favor class enthusiasm, but if class enthusiasm is to retard the spirit which is now actuating the students of most colleges in their efforts to improve and elevate college customs, we say preserve us from class enthusiasm...