Word: grossness
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...probably be held this month Captain, Brackett will swim in both the 50 and 100-yard dashes and on the relay team. In addition one man for each of the dashes and three for the relay team will be chosen from a group of candidates which includes R. D. Gross '23, N. H. Parsons '22, L. Rittenberg '21, R. F. Thayer '23, who was captain of last year's Freshman swimming team, and W. F. Wyman '23. In the plunge, P. K. Thomas ocC., has shown up well, and in the dive B. W. Boyden '21 is the most promising...
...America are regarded as more important and less friendly than the trampling on the Stars and Stripes by students of McGill University in Canada two weeks ago, and the similar defiling of this country's emblem by sailors of the British Navy over a year ago in Bermuda. Perhaps gross ignorance of what is going on in the world is responsible for the CRIMSON's attitude. If not, what can be its significance, unless it is merely another manifestation of convenient forgetfulness...
With either absolute ignorance or absolute disregard for the facts of the case, the CRIMSON published an editorial charging the 1921 Nominating Committee with gross neglect of its duties, and demanding its resignation. Of the six points brought forth one is almost correct--the committee did not supervise the counting of ballots. After instructing the chairman of the Counting Committee how the votes should be counted, the Nominating Committee left the counting of the votes wholly to the Juniors as has been the case in past years. It is true that the committee did not appoint the poll watchers...
...cast, which were in the hands of the nominating committee; and which the latter turned over to it. The cry of "Fraud!" by a number of undergraduate alarmists was as inevitable as it was unfortunate. The CRIMSON found, however, absolutely no traces of dishonesty; it found distinct traces of gross carelessness in the counting of the ballots...
Careful examination of the ballots could not locate where the error lay; it was obvious that gross carelessness had prevailed in counting votes for no consistent error could be located...