Word: fault
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Dates: during 1880-1880
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...Captain Scuffles could only consent. Mr. Carlin, with a surprising degree of agility considering his blindness, climbed down into the yacht, and I helped Bertha after; for the father's rudeness was surely no fault of the daughter. So, the skipper shoving the prow out and I loosing the hawsers, the Rosa cleared the pier, Mr. Carlin hoisting sail with marvellous expertness...
...used in bringing out new men, and in training players - especially pitchers and catchers - for every contingency. That this difficulty was not foreseen, or, if foreseen, was not properly encountered, seems to have been the chief trouble this year. We make these remarks at this time, not to find fault unnecessarily, but in the hope of spurring them on to correct, as far as they are now able, their present deficiencies, before the final games with Yale are played...
...just been defeated have the reputation of being first-class teams. Hence the result of the games has been neither unexpected nor discouraging. But though the organization, as a whole, is a success, yet some points may be fairly criticized. For instance, the fielding is at times wretched, a fault which a little hard work would easily remedy. Another matter that apparently might be improved is the composition of the team in the different matches. The same players, and those the best in the University, ought to play in every game...
...some reply, and does it by saying that there is a great deal of poetry, better than any the Magazine ever publishes, in the Lit's waste-basket. To such an answer, at once a courteous criticism, an interesting fact, and a complete reply to the Magazine's captious fault-finding, what can be said...
...concentrate his mind on the same subjects during the academic year. All courses, including extras, in which the student receives the required per cent will be placed on the rank-list, but extra courses will not be credited on the Annual Scale. All things considered, we cannot find fault with the Faculty for making the new rule. But we hope that all the Professors will adapt themselves to the elective system and voluntary recitations, so that there will be no need of extra courses or a protection against the caprice of the marking-system...