Word: lacking
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...generous attempts of some of our instructors to mitigate the hardships of our lack of Thanksgiving recess, by allowing cuts on the two succeeding days, meets with the heartfelt gratitude of the men thus benefitted. There is some consideration shown in this for those who do not live within horse-car distances of the college and who do not have opportunities of fleeing to the bosom of their families every few days. That a large number of men are compelled by their home ties to break the regulations of the faulty ought to bring that body to change its position...
...game, as a whole, was the roughest and liveliest one seen on Jarvis this year. '89 played hard, and far better than a year ago, Perry, Griffing, Woodbury and Morgan being positively brilliant. The freshmen showed a deplorable lack of sand and science; Crane and Hunnewell were the only ones who did any playing at all, and Tyson and Higginson the only ones who tackled for anything but cap-tassels. At least three men in the rush-line are of not the least use whatever...
...Margarets are also vigorous and interesting. The verse contributions to the number are a rondeau. "Ah! Bye-gone Days," a pastoral, and two bits of airy song, entitled "August-October" and "The Difference." In an editorial, the members of the sophomore class are criticised for their lack of readiness to contribute...
Yale mourns the lack of interest in lacrosse among the students...
...Wellesley Preparatory School at Philadelphia opened under the most favorable auspices. Both boarding and day students have been rejected for lack of room. The crowded condition of the houses formerly occupied has led the directors to form plans for erecting a building better adapted to the increasing number of wants of the students. The Wellesley school at New York is also recorded as full and flourishing. - Globe...