Word: craven
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Dean Craven Laycock of Dartmouth College has announced that Dartmouth will open as usual on September 20 with the customary schedule of courses and that voluntary military training will probably be continued during the college year. This course of action has been announced as a result of the statement by the faculty that all students under military age can best serve the country by continuing their college work in combination with a collegiate military course to prepare them for future service...
...Brown and Miss Chester, D. E. Currier and Miss La Croix, G. B. Kayser and Miss Jones, R. N. Nye (chairman) and Miss Downing, D. T. Thomson and Miss Craven, A. P. Winsor and Miss Holcomb...
...Magee, who seems so strong and generous; and only gradually she comes to suspect that the system he personifies is corrupt. Nor does she gain an easy victory over him; indeed, at the end of the play, she herself realizes that to overturn a power rooted in the craven nature of the people, is a work of incalculable slowness. Magee, too, is a complex character, in whom sincerity and trickery are mingled in a very natural manner. The story of the struggle between these two, quite apart from its political significance, is interesting. The third act is somewhat slow...
...abolished? Yes, abolished! When I turned around and counted 150 women in the two sections especially reserved for men who should cheer, it seemed as if that feature of supporting the team had been done away with. But no! the cheers went on; but such cheers! Are the undergraduates craven? Do we hold ourselves in check for fear of making too much noise? We do not. But when the laxity of ticket distribution has allowed 150 women, nearly as many children, and more than as many old men and neutrals, what can we do? We can do our best...