Word: deadening
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...many years the Harvard track has been reputed to be the fastest in the world. However it has been the opinion of many critics that the new surface would deaden it to a considerable extent. When questioned about this, Major F. W. Moore '93 said the track should be as fast as ever this spring. It is difficult to say what the effect has been so early in the season...
...week ago it was the general impression that the Governing Board had taken the action it did to arouse general interest and insure large audiences for whoever was recommended. It cannot but realize that to postpone any action, to postpone any information until after the vacation may somewhat deaden the question. While if it neglected to take any action until after a new undergraduate committee was elected it would lose much of what it seeks. Hardly can it be hoped that a new and inexperienced group of undergraduates will be as eager to cooperate for mutually desired ends...
...Oliver Twist, Long Live the King (from a novel by Mary Roberts Rinehart) is the best thing Jackie has done. He plays the tiny Crown Prince of a European Principality who is captured by anarchists. It is his first massive production. At no time does he let pompous detail deaden his invincible vitality...
...Ring" is vivid, colorful, and highly original, and is firmly grounded on accomplished musicianship. The naive quality of his work seems akin to that of Arnold Bax; his companions caught it admirably. An extremely enthusiastic audience demanded and obtained an encore, which was not well chosen, and served to deaden the effect of the Debussy quartet, which seemed well played and of great beauty. It is a pity that Boston audiences do not encourage this excellent quartet to appear here more frequently...
...commenting specifically he declares that Professor Hart's text-book can only have a most baleful influence upon school children for it is destructive of patriotic pride and tends to deaden patriotic spirit. In reviewing the book, he quotes the following "objectionable" passages...