Word: bereft
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...wives. And we call on Mr. Villard to present facts which would support the statement that "a number of graduates were demanding, under pain of not contributing to the endowment fund" that the mouth of the Harvard lecturer be stopped. Does the writer imagine that our graduates are bereft of loyalty to their Alma Mater? Does he believe that more differences of opinion would stand in the way of their contributing to the College fund? It is astounding, to say the least, that Mr. Villard should allow such hearsay to be published as fact in his magazine...