Word: shirked
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...have been working very faithfully and making rapid strides. Kennedy, who was good at number 3, was warned by his physician not to row at the beginning of last week. The time of the oars is fairly good but most of the men get too much body-swing and shirk the finish. They have the good point of getting their hands away quickly and being prompt with their bodies on the recover. Though probably slow at the present day they are laying a good foundation for speed later on. Carpenter, L. S., has been coaching. The men are as follows...
...croweded with engagements. If he goes into society in Cambridge or Boston his engagements are doubled or trebled throughout the winter, and he finds his partie and club meetings occurring three or four on an evening. Some of his engagements must in(?) and seme of his duties must be shirked Perhaps the first thing that suffers is eystematic study. It is not long before some of the smaller or less interesting societies begin to feel the pressure, and finally the largest and most popular societies are also affected. We hear of meeting after meeting adjourned for lack of a quorum...
...systems are, of course, widely different. The discipline of Oxford inspires in the men a respect for authority and a reverence for the college officials, and develops in them a fine sense of courtesy. On the other hand it seems to occasion among them a tendency to shirk their work and to violate authority somewhat. The Harvard system, as I have said, throws great responsibilities upon its undergraduates, and I believe that they are able to shoulder them. It makes them earnest and gives them an enthusiasm for their work...
...fact of these examinations "being excellent tests to let a man see whether he has worked too much or too little," it seems to me that a man is not at all likely to overwork himself in a course, and if a man is going to shirk work an examination which "counts very little" is not going to produce much effect. These "hours" are too much like the system of marking the recitations, and when four at least are set for the weeks before Christmas, when everybody is tired and wants to get home, the thing becomes an outrage...
...enough simply to contest on Saturday. Every one must take regular, faithful practice, under Mr. Lathrop's direction. We have a working chance of winning back the cup. Shall we? will we do it? Upon every one of us rests some share of the responsibility. Let no one shirk his duty...