Word: barroomful
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...should Harvard not abolish this remaining barbarism, the "scrap" about the Tree? You may dignify it by the name of scrimmage, but it is really nothing more than a disorderly "scrap." It is a form of fighting more characteristic of a scuffle of "thugs" in a barroom than of an assembly of students about to receive the Bachelor of Arts degree from the first centre of learning in America. Not a single manly quality is called forth. No premium is set on courage, strength, or endurance. On the contrary, the most noticeable feature of the whole affair is often some...
Hereafter, no property will be leased by Girard College for barroom purposes...