Word: avoid
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...want to see a play for the sake of its general excellence, in structure and in cast, by all means go to "Justice" at the Plymouth. But if you look for something merely amusing, avoid it; for "Justice" is a play which first of all makes you think, and then leaves you with a bad taste in your mouth...
Annually this Society holds drawing competitions for Harvard, Technology, and itself. To avoid rivalry between the different institutions, the three competitions are separate, and prizes are given according to the individual standard of the work contributed. Out of nineteen entries, Harvard won sixteen first group medals; out of twenty-seven entries, Technology won six first medals; and out of nine entries, the Boston Society won three first medals. The subject for competition and the judges were the same in each case...
...attitude of the Pharisee only became dangerous when it was enunciated. This danger Harvard has always been able successfully to avoid. It has consistently "given thanks that it is not as other colleges are," chiefly because it has never said so, at least for publication. It has succeeded in maintaining this feeling by means of example, not by precept. The incoming Freshman comes to feel that he has at last reached a grown-up institution and that it is up to him to put away childlike things. Very often his illusions of what a college ought to be are shattered...
Juniors are requested to attend to these matters on time in order to avoid an eleventh-hour rush and subsequent confusion...
...making the award the chairman commented on the high character of the speaking done by both sides and expressed the opinion that the debate was the best interclass contest ever held. The one fault in the match was a tendency of both wings to avoid the point at issue, due to the faculty wording of the proposition, in which many loopholes were found. The affirmative stated that there were three possible courses open to the United States: either to continue the policy of exportation of arms and foodstuffs, or to place an embargo on such exportation, or to enter...