Word: poor
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Dates: during 1920-1920
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...fast and loose not only with his nephew's affections, but with our own. There is, in Stoddard Colby's portrait of the strange codger, a touch of whimsical, wistful drollery that recalls the delicate nuances and half-tones of Lamb. We think of the reminiscent Charles and his "Poor Relations," and that is praise enough. Mr. Colby has achieved the unusual in penetrating through the outward and visible accidents to the essential Uncle Henry...
...Harvard, minor sports have been most unsuccessful for the past decade. There has been little enthusiasm, few candidates and, on the whole, poor candidates and, onn the whole, poor teams, far below the standard set by her major sport teams. Yale and Princeton have been winning with remarkable regularity. So it has been suggested that a Minor Sports Club be formed, membership being awarded to wearers of minor sports insignia. "The chief gain," to quote the Crimson, "would be a coordination to the end that all lesser sports be pervaded with a spirit now very much lacking...
Twenty Christmas dinners will be distributed to poor families of Cambridge by a committee of five formed under the auspices of the Social Service Committee of Phillips Brooks House. The success of a similar distribution at Thanksgiving was such that the Phillips Brooks Cabinet decided to continue the good work for the Christmas...
...University's poor record outside of the major sports must not continue permanently. There is plenty of material for the lesser teams, and there is skilled coaching to train it. The interest; the feeling of pride in doing one's work, is all that is missing to change defeats into victories. Membership in a Minor Sports Club would go far to supply the recognition and reward for long training and hard work that is vital to the success of any athletic team...
...that time only a small part of it was intended for chemistry. Through the ingenuity of the Directors, Professors, Cook, Hill, Sanger and Lamb, it has been patched, enlarged and metamorphosed so that chemical work is possible for many students in it. The ventilation anl lighting are very poor, however, and the space is too cramped for the number of men who use the building. Moreover, courses in many branches of chemistry, particularly industrial chemistry, cannot be provided for in this antiquated establishment...