Word: failed
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...untiring preparation, with the resultant fidelity of the presentation, promise to make "Joan of Arc" as memorable as the "Agamemnon" of Aeschylus given by the Greek Department three years ago. In devoting the proceeds of so great an undertaking to the Germanic Museum, Miss Adams's generosity cannot fail to be appreciated by the entire University...
...comparison between the effect of putting in a new number 2, as last year, and changing the stroke--the one involves a single man's acquiring the rhythm of an already established stroke, the other making over the entire crew to suit a new rhythm. It cannot fail to be a question of "make or break...
...accounted for by the over-training, over-confidence, or general listlessness which characterize the ordinary slump. It is due rather to the obstacles which have beset the team since the second Princeton game. First, there are the injuries to Briggs and MacLaughlin, which, however good the substitutes, cannot fail to have a bad psychological effect on the team. Next in importance is the fact that three out of the seven scheduled games have had to be cancelled; throughout the season the team has been handicapped in meeting other teams with longer schedules, a disadvantage increased in proportion as games...
...Union management has up to the present received comparatively few applications, we take this opportunity of bringing the matter once more before the University. Men who purpose residing in the neighborhood of Cambridge or Boston should not fail to avail themselves of the scheme through mere oversight. Even if they do not patronize the Union regularly, they will find it a pleasant place to take their friends for a meal. They will also be doing their part to support an institution which is the monument of Harvard public spirit and Harvard democracy...
...satisfactory. It might be that a plan adapted from the English model is the key to the situation. A rule that persons qualifying under the present regulations should complete the requirements in three years, while four-year residents should be obliged to take a degree with distinction or fail, would remove most of the difficulties, provided that degree were brought within the reach of the average man after four years' moderate work. Such an innovation would certainly tend to heighten the intellectual standard of the entire College. In addition, the honor degree would in all probability prove so much more...