Word: tasks
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...contest when Winslow, who had begun to show evidence of extraordinary ability as a pitcher, was taken ill and was obliged to stop play. The pitching, consequently, devolved on Nichols and Allen, who have each done remarkably well, in spite of the disadvantageous circumstances under which they undertook the task. Still it could not be expected that without previous practice or training in the position they could do as well as men who have enjoyed the advantages of training under Ward, Goldsmith and Keefe. As if these misfortunes were not enough, at the very beginning of the season most...
...courts on the college grounds will confer a favor on the Tennis Association by handing in their names, designating their courts, as soon as possible. A list of all the courts on the college grounds is to be made, and as this will be by no means an easy task all should assist the secretary of the association by complying with his request at their earliest convenience. Tuesday next is the last day for receiving such applications...
...himself far above the mental horizon of his village. Neither has he ever been subjected to the moral influence of his teachers; he stands entirely alone, proud of his independence, which he interprets as strength, and is anxious to prove by action. Now he is confronted by the double task of learning something at the university and earning some kind of living. With great exertion he succeeds in giving a few private lessons, which perhaps pay for his dinners. For lodgings, fuel, and all the rest his only hope lies in a scholarship. He does his utmost to obtain...
...discover what a student knows, and others appear to aim rather at elucidating the ignorance of the candidates who appear before them. But to the end of time, there will be humor mixed with the grave concerns of testing knowledge, which is, for both sides, a hard enough task. The student who, when asked by a stern examiner what he would recommend in order to produce copious perspiration in a patient, replied, "I'd make him try to pass an examination before you, sir!" had a keen sense of humor, which it is to be hoped the examiner appreciated...
...torn up. In ordinary life he has nobody to challenge his opinions and he must therefore be more likely than others to become dogmatic, and to be prone to wrath whenever he does encounter opposition. The reviewer then objects to Prof. Sumner because "he has set himself the task of proving that an opinion generally entertained upon both sides of the Atlantic during all past time is entirely erroneous" and so on. Space would not permit (if inclination would) an extended review of this forty-page volume. As an instance of the exact position the reviewer holds, the following quotation...