Word: distorts
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Dates: during 1880-1880
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...they possessed in themselves no leaven of gentlemanliness. That they did not, is a disgrace rather to the schools which sent them here, than to Harvard College. But the latter is compelled to undergo all the reproach. It is now time for the press generally to magnify and distort the actual occurrences, which need no misrepresentation in order to be condemned. The blame belongs to the Freshman Class alone; they can best alone for their folly by preventing a like occurrence...