Word: lacking
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...which the most sensitive nature could take offence. The hits, though scarcely any of them new, were brought out in situations that showed no little ingenuity and dramatic talent. The actors were good in their respective parts, with the exception of one or two hitches on account of a lack of sufficient rehearsals. The performance, however, was eminently successful, and there is reason for expecting something of a high order from the same author...
...have often noticed in these columns the lack of social interest between our professors and students, but we are now glad to be able to refer to a step in the right direction. We allude to the receptions given to Seniors and Juniors by our President. We trust that the students who are now for the first time offered this privilege will avail themselves of it, for it cannot fail to promote a better feeling between the different portions of the University. As this courtesy has been shown us, certainly the least that we can do to return...
...meetings, and the men had then made no preparation at all for them; but with the present inducements offered by the H. A. A., we shall expect to see the hammer thrown much farther than 59 ft. 8 in. on May 22, and can only regret the lack of opportunity for the improvement of the pole leaping record likewise...
...evil is the greater in that the preparatory schools - as far as the classical courses are concerned - are obliged, by the strain and worry of preparing boys for their severe entrance-examinations, to omit or neglect, in great degree, the study of English composition and grammar; while the lack of time for gaining even an elementary knowledge of our own literature brings about a most deplorable result, - young men enter college skilled in mathematics and classics, but positively ignorant of their mother tongue...
...full reach; three is inclined to bucket, and does n't swing straight; five fails in reach; six's hands trouble him on the catch; seven does n't shoot quick enough or hold his hands tight; and eight is apt to overreach. All sliver out, bucket badly, and lack rhythm in movement...