Word: want
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...favorite, and easily carried off the honors of the evening. The rendering of the "Darkey's Dream," finding especial favor with the audience The Glee Club was not quite up to its usual high standard and showed signs of lack of rehearsing. It is to be hoped that the want of interest which evidently prevails to a certain extent among some of the members in the organization, will be made up before the spring concert in Sanders takes place. After the programme was finished there was dancing till 12, which most of the members of the club stayed to enjoy...
...constitution is not a code of law or of morality. The principles of every constitution have all been proved successes. The same cannot be said of prohibition. Again, the theory of governments is to leave as much as possible to local bodies; hence if the people of Massacnusetts want prohibition let each separate city council voth for prohibition...
...time has come, however, when the want of additional means for electrical study is beginning strongly to be felt; and the formation of an Electric Club has thus come at a must opportune time If the members of the club are earnest, as we believe them to be, they can hardly fail to accomplish their objects-partially at any rate. Their purposes are in a way co-operative,- to help each other in the study of the subject in which they all have a common interest. They hope also to bring before the University the need of better appliances...
...expect to receive help for our Christian life we must be on this road as Paul was. If we cannot see to find our own way into the way, we must trust to those who can see to lead us there, as he did. And, also, if we want to give help to others we must be in the way, for God's first command to Ananias was to that effect. Thus the whole of the Christian's life must be lived in this street which is straight, which leads from God to God, from glory to glory and from...
...Sargent's article on athletics tends to discourage men of unsymmetric form from athletics; but Mr. Dole says that no particular heed should be paid to whether your form is perfect or not. You want to make it so if it is not. Begin with this object, and keep on, and you will in time find yourself an athlete, big, brawny and strong...