Word: avoidance
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1900-1909
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...competitors are especially urged to report promptly at 3.30 o'clock and to be ready for their events before the scheduled time, in order to avoid any unnecessary delay...
...complaint is frequently put forth that good fellowship and broad acquaintance among Harvard undergraduates are lacking. That there is some truth in this complaint few will deny. And though we have labored patiently to avoid this evil, the various schemes and methods thus far proposed and tried out have not been particularly successful; especially have the class meetings and smokers been ineffective. Now there is one conspicuous reason for this, namely, our inability to remember for this, namely, our inability to remember so many strange names presented to us at one time. For most of us it is comparatively easy...
...Haughton '99, there will be a number of other coaches on the field. Candidates who have football clothes that are not already in the Locker Building are expected to bring them, but clothes will be provided for those who have none. Every one is expected to come early to avoid delay in securing lockers and football clothes...
...sincerely hope that the new committee will find a way to avoid the present difficulties by some new arrangement which will restore the two associations to popularity. These organizations have the possibility of being important factors in University life, and with this competent graduate management in charge we trust that they will soon be placed in the positions which are theirs by tradition and by right...
...best reason for this limitation which occurs to us is the desire to avoid publicity, but when this publicity can be of no possible harm, we are at a loss to understand the attitude towards it. Or possibly the authorities object to having the undergraduates make too much of a business of what should properly be a pastime, by entering into competition with the outside theatres. But a pastime becomes less pleasurable when attended with financial loss, and larger audiences would prevent the occurrence of this unfortunate contingency...