Word: blot
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...have been in so precarious a state for the past few years that everything file this counts doubly against the whole system. Had the nine been beaten in a squarely played game nothing would have been said, but to be soundly thrashed without an attempt at resistance is a blot on Ninety-two's otherwise fair record which cannot soon be effaced...
...perfect whole, and that each of them has its distinct and urgent claims to nurture and development-aided by the exact methods of modern science and guided not by the lamp of observation alone but also by the light of physiological knowledge, will eradicate the seeds and blot out the remaining marks of mediaeval barbarism, and equip the members of the human family for the exigencies of the campaign of life and the demands of civilization...
...having right, however, to appeal to the faculty in case of verdict of guilty. There were three distinct lines of thought expressed. A number favored the resolution, feeling that it embodied the best method of acting directly on college opinion; that it would stimulate a healthy sentiment which would blot out cribbing by making it unpopular; and that the students at large when thoroughly conversant with the case would give the plan earnest support. A few agreed in the general force of these arguments, but desired to place a specially and carefully selected jury of students in the conference committee...
BOSTON THEATRE.- Lawrence Barrett Matinee. "A Blot in the Scutcheon," and "The King's Pleasure.." Evening, "Yorick's Love," "The King's Pleasure." Performance...
BOSTON THEATRE.- Lawrence Barrett in "A Blot in the 'Scutcheon," and "King's Pleasure." Performance...