Word: weak
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...with pleasure that we pass from the above discouraging subject to that of the freshman game with Andover. '88 seem to have acquitted themselves so far on the foot ball field with considerable credit. Their game with Adams, although against a very weak eleven, showed that they knew how to work together and to work quickly as so large a score as 69 does not admit of much dilly-dallying. The Andover game was played against worthy opponents who, all confess, played a good game. The better playing of the '88 men alone carried them to victory. Andover...
...experience. Their play ought to continue to improve with every day's practice. The more preparatory games they play the petter will they be prepared to meet with Princeton and Yale. It is certainly better to play with strong teams now and be defeated, than to play with weak teams and get into a loose, confident style of play...
...literary department of the paper. This request, we are glad to say, has not fallen upon deaf ears, for we have already received several articles and communications from candidates for the position of editor. Like Oliver, however, we are obliged to call for more. The Junior class is especially weak in point of numbers, as it is at present represented by only one man. Such a state of things should not be allowed to continue. There are plenty of men in '86 who are capable of assisting us. The power is there, but the inclination is wanting. '86 is well...
...junior better than that of the sophomore, and of the senior best of all. This average is shown to have come from an improvement in the physical condition of the individual student, and not from a dropping out of the course of those who might be too weak to complete...
...points from which to study its architectural effect as a whole is near the path which leads from the gymnasium to the physical laboratory. The gymnasium is also relieved by the change of a very near neighbor, so near that it almost trod upon its heels. Altogether, considering the weak and untenable condition of the old house and the probability that it would come down any way within a few years, it seems as if the good side the change more than balanced...