Word: complains
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...physical strain as well as their opponents. It requires very little reflection to come to the conclusion that there must be something wrong in our system. This seems to be the sentiment of the students generally. But where the fault lies is hard to tell. Certainly no one can complain of there having been too many match-games; for the number was purposely reduced this year. The practice games were neither too long, nor too severe. The most promising players were given trials in match-games, the object being not only to develop new material, but also to save...
Many young actors fail without understanding why. They complain that they play their best roles and no one comes. The fault is not with the roles, but with themselves. The tones of the actor's voice and his manner must convey to the audience a clear understanding of the lines...
...have published in our last two issues two communications, one from a graduate and one from an undergraduate, both of which complain of the students' passive submission to the Faculty on the question of football. The graduate takes no pains to conceal his sneer at the "budding humility" and "seemly modesty" which the Harvard man is so unexpectedly developing. Evidently anything of the sort is foreign to his own nature, or he would not have let his momentary anger find such hasty expression. There is something very childish in his obvious inability to appreciate the feeling which led to Captain...
...offers to many a very acceptable opportunity for the practice of philanthropy, which could hardly be better directed than to the education of those who desire knowledge for which they are unable to pay. This opportunity has never been neglected, and the Union has found no cause to complain of any falling off in the interest of those to whom it looks for its chief support. Its work has never, we believe, been hindered by lack of competent instructors, no matter what addition to its curriculum may have been planned...
...receive enough from its insignificant tuition fees to cover even current expenses; at present it is still further hampered by the fact that the payment for its new quarters in the old City Hall is not made up by the subscriptions collected to that end. The Union does not complain of this state of affairs, but it would have, we think, some justification...