Word: lacking
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...return to the discussion of style. Of the many circumstances which contribute to the formation of a style, reading is but one. Desultory reading, if care is not exercised, will almost invariably induce a looseness of handling in writing and a lack of distinct expression. A close study of the very first masters of English prose is, perhaps, the only means open to students who cannot afford to gain the cultivation offered by the composition courses. Even among standard authors a choice should be made. This is a point, however, which each student must exercise his individual taste. But upon...
...college as at the present time. It is certainly gratifying to think that such interest is taken in the progress of the University, and especially in the operation of the elective system, to the discussion of which, so large a part of the recent report is given. Indeed, a lack of interest in these matters would not be very complimentary, in what it would imply to students at Harvard. We are glad that the report has been so widely read, and think that its wide circulation is well calculated to increase the influence of Harvard...
...laboratory in the presence of the instructor. The hours of laboratory work ought to be regarded much in the same light as lectures or recitations, and the same decorum ought to be preserved which everybody seems bound to observe in the lecture room. Besides the lack of courtesy toward the instructor, this habit of whistling seriously hinders men doing their work in a careful manner. We hope that we shall not hear any more complaints on this head...
...verse in the present number, as a whole, is not as good as in former issues. Mr. H. E. Fraser's lines, In the Night, although not always smooth and musical, show much purity and simplicity, and their genuineness more than atones for any lack of polish. Mr. F. S. Palmer's verses in his Ode to Herrick, are more musical and better tuned. They cannot fail to stir a genuine lover of Herrick. Mr. A. B. Houghton's Ballad of Pleasure Seekers, though far above the average of college verse, is not, we think, quite up to the standard...
...takes the theme on "The Harvard Student as a Cynic," written by Mr. Crewman to "criticise," while Mr. Freshworthy's theme is sniffed at by somebody else, Mr. Crewman receives back his theme heavily scored and underscored with marginal notes of "wretched grammar," "very bad taste," "atrocious English," utter lack of sense and want of connection." Remarks: "It is hard to conceive of a mind capable of producing such a villainous piece of work. The man that wrote it was evidently drunk." Mr. Crewman who reads this delicate censure upon his pet ideas, starts off with blood in his eyes...