Word: drawbacks
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Yesterday afternoon Teams A and B of the 1923 football squad held the third scrimmage of the year. The playing was somewhat ragged but hard-fought. In speaking of the prospects for the season Dr. Paul Withington '09 said: "Our chief drawback is in the lightness and inexperience of the line. Line candidates are badly needed, particularly heavier men. The back field, on the other hand, is comparatively heavy and more experienced...
...system; the example of a University team is the ideal for which every man strives. But the old evils must be abolished; we do not wish to get back into the rut in which we have been running for the last decade. The money question has been the greatest drawback, and next to it, the elaborate system of training, both of which over-emphasize the importance of athletics. These dangers are gone, we hope never to return. Our little touch of in formalism has shown that athletic luxury is unnecessary, and when in future we take up the gage...
...lack of plungers proves now to be the chief drawback to the success of the swimming team. There is a good opportunity for anyone with any ability as a plunger to make the squad. Several trips have been arranged and all those on the team get natatorium memberships in the Y. M. C. A. Candidates are to report at the Boston Y. M. C. A. this afternoon at 5 o'clock...
...feature of the new regime deserves particular commendation. Its editorials are remarkable examples of the less "heavy" and more amusing type. The staff has evidently discovered that "readability" is no serious drawback to an editorial. Undergraduates in this department are too often disposed to take themselves too seriously. The Illustrated has succeeded in combining clearness of thought with a certain novelty of expression, qualities which are unusual and refreshing in collegiate editorials...
Surely Harvard is making worthy contributions to science from her Physics Department. The principal building, however, is essentially a place for delicate measurements and nice adjustments. The presence of heavy machinery is an effective drawback to the most perfect results. A special building to contain the machine shops, as Professor Lyman says, would undoubtedly be a great been to the men doing research. The endowment also has been found insufficient to meet the demand of progressive work. To enable Jefferson to maintain its position in the first of the line; more funds are needed, and this is an especially good...