Word: blacklisted
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...must call at the H. A. A. this afternoon between 1.00 and 6.00 o'clock for special ushers' tickets. None will be admitted to the field without this ticket, and no substitutions will be allowed. Any man who is found disposing of his ticket will be put on the blacklist. Full printed instructions will be given out with each ticket...
Because of the large number of two-ticket applicants within the College, many graduates each year are restricted to a single seat. The injustice done to other Harvard men, when tickets are sold to speculators, must be obvious. There should be no need for a blacklist. A gentleman's agreement should be of sufficient force to keep all tickets within the University...
...tickets allotted to him, and the rules against speculation will be rigidly enforced. Any man whose tickets are sold or offered for sale at a premium, or who fails to observe the agreement on the Yale game blank as to personal use or return of tickets may be blacklisted: Applications from men now on the blacklist will be rejected...
...Detestable Words." This gives a few examples of words which the editor despises. According to the "Bookman," "sense" appears as a verb in every form from the "father sensed his son's abstraction" to the "peeling infant sensed the coming of the succulent milk-bottle." "Poignant" is on the blacklist because of its downright stupidity, "stipend" because of its oily politician sound. "Remuneration" is a foolishly long latinized word, and "dainty" and "refined" are classed as belonging to the "chewing gum" variety...
...Very Idea" is doubtless on the Wellesley blacklist. At Herrick's and the hotel news-stands, it is just as doubtless on the preferred list. For it's just that sort of show...