Word: blot
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Chinese students is bright and entertaining. The Fat-men's Corner contains many droll things; one or two, however, we notice that the Transcript would have done well to leave out. We would remind the editors that vulgarity is not wit, and a coarse joke is a serious blot on a college paper...
...Standing with its humble stature among the high-topped, overarching elms that surround it, this poor beech looks doubly stunted and deformed. To the occupants of Grays it is a constant eye-sore, as it seriously obstructs their view. To those rooming in Weld and Matthews it is a blot on the beauty of the landscape. It is the one defect in the general comeliness of the Yard. Therefore with all due reverence for the conservative spirit of our University, I would suggest that while the footsteps of reform are seen pressed lightly in our College paths, they...
...accepted lover of his sister, I had been pretty intimate with him during this time. I had tried to overcome those horrible thoughts which had taken possession of me; I had tried to blot out from my remembrance the vision of his face as I had seen it four months previous, - the face of Stephen Maymore's murderer. I could not: that unseen presence of guilt was with me night and day. Enough of this: I live over again the horror of that time...