Word: frightener
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...first we have written, it seems that too great severity has been shown by certain of the instructors in marking. If the ideals of the course are high, so much the better, but let us be so guided that we may have hopes of reaching them. To try and frighten us into accomplishing this end is not my ideal of college instruction...
...freshman has written a thrilling letter to his friends at Williston School, urging them to put forth extrastreenuous efforts in their preparations for Harvard. He soothes their fears by ending with the advice, "Don't let any of these things frighten...
...Norman Hapgood's "Mallock and the Positivists" is a careful study giving evidence of thorough appreciation of the subject treated. Its abstract character will, however, perhaps frighten away languid readers and fail to bring it the notice of which it is worthy...
...proves how little public opinion at Harvard is worth. As matters now stand the undergraduates say to any rowdy or ldiot who may happen to think that daubing red paint is funny: "Have your joke if you must; we will pass resolutions of indignation-but don't let those frighten you; for we will pay all the damages of your vandalism, but will not allow you to be molested." This, in effect, is what the meeting of Tuesday means. When public opinion is thus spineless as a caterpillar on so important a matter, it is no wonder that langour...
...heavy clouds of yesterday afternoon served to frighten away all but a mere handful of spectators from the second game between the Beacons and the 'Varsity nine. Those who braved the chances of catching a wetting wished that they had staid at home, for the game, after dragging along through nine tedious innings, resulted in a defeat for the home team...