Word: nevertheless
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...night after the victory over Yale to annoy or mortify any one. While Dr. Bowditch seems to have had just cause for complaint, he appears to have overlooked the fact that a large part of the disturbance was caused by men not connected with Harvard at all. Nevertheless, since so much blame has fallen on the freshmen as a result of the unfortunate occurrence, would it not be a good plan for '98, as a class, to express its true feeling with regard to the affair...
While feeling the keenest sympathy for the splendid young life at Harvard and having the firmest belief in the manliness and honor of the great majority of the students, I should nevertheless be lacking in my duty to them and to the Alma Mater were I not to express myself strongly in condemnation of an event which lately took place in Boston, flagrant in its selfishness and utter disregard of the rights of others...
...football season just closing seems at first thought to have been a most disastrous one for Harvard, we do not believe that it will prove such in the long run. Our team has been beaten twice; - the first time largely by luck, the second time by distinctly superior playing. Nevertheless, we believe we never stood in a more favorable light before the public than at present. Feeling against the "anything to win" policy has grown very strong, and the sooner that policy is abandoned the better for amateur sport everywhere...
Whether Hallowell or Wheeler plays left tackle, Murphy will outclass either one. He has the advantage of a year's experience, and is a "foxier" player. He will nevertheless have his hands full, for both Wheeler and Hallowell are quicker...
Realizing perfectly that the impulse of the reader who comes upon the words "loyal support of the eleven" is to toss his paper aside with some such remark as "the same old drool," we nevertheless once more venture a few words on the subject...