Word: unfitting
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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There are now three good racing shells and two good working shells in the boat house. The launch is in very poor condition and will have to have a new hull or a new launch will have to be bought, as the present one is unfit for use, even on the Charles River...
...badly arranged building on Holmes Field, a building used a few years ago by the Glee Club and totally inadequate for the purposes it now tries to fulfill. To be sure the building has been partially refitted and it serves as an apology for a hospital which is really unfit for any case of a serious disease. The rooms are few and small there are no conveniences or comforts and only a very small number of patients can be accommodated. If there should be a serious outbreak of any kind we would be placed in an awkward position. What...
...Political economy treats man as a gold seeking animal and simply observes the general laws that govern his conduct as such. It teaches that in the social world the great law of the survival of the fittest holds. Such teachings inspire the successful with complacency, but they drive the unfit into despair and revolt...
...seats alone to one dollar. Under such circumstances the excuse that the alterations would entail too great an expense finds little ground to stand on. It all comes down practically to this; people pay a high price for their seats, and when they get to them they find them unfit for a lady to sit on, while they see other people who have paid no more, sitting on seats that are much more respectable. The base ball management certainly is rich enough to make these alterations and we trust that work on the seats will be begun in plenty...
...crew expect to go down to New London next Monday. The launch is in bad shape and unfit to take, but lack of funds prevents the purchase of a new one. Only four of last year's crew are at present in the 'varsity boat, so the thought that all of last year's winning crew are in college can not be depended upon for victory. Bond is rowing at 3 in place of Cummings, but the latter will be given another trial this week. Ninde has been called home on account of sickness and it is doubtful...