Word: dire
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...executive ability, against the personal equation. The Council would be reasonable and fair in its judgments. The candidates would not have the chagrin of doing invidious begging to no avail. Finally, the friends of contestants would not have to drain their pockets to help in the glorious victory or dire defeat...
Apparently the currency stringency of last fall has had a dire effect on the Senior Class and what is more disheartening the disastrous effects have been by no means overcome. Another notice has been received from the Class Treasurer showing the deplorable state of the treasury at present and Class Day is less than a week...
...festive cover of the Christmas Advocate encloses a varied collection of stories and verses. "The Tangled Web that Allen Wove," by W. N. Seaver sets forth the dire results which inevitably follow a deviation from the path of truth. It cannot be denied that the author has contrived for the punishment of his hero a complication of exquisite tortures,--which are physical rather than moral. The story has little of the college atmosphere, however, and the six pages required to disentangle Allan might well be reduced to four. "Before the Engynes Came Through," by R. W. Page is a short...