Word: nevertheless
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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While this did not tally with my own observations in the matter, I nevertheless found that I must bow to the dicta of the fair sex. Still curious, I asked Ethel Kelly, novelist and humorist of repute, to discuss this question. She did so. In her articles, which having ordered I am forced to publish, she dismisses the Princeton man with a word. Why? Have Princeton men no social graces? As for Yale she slays them; humorously to be sure, but completely...
...Harvard the great traditions were literary and, in the nineties, art played a minor role. Nevertheless the formation of collections of original works of art began almost with the opening of the building. Charles Eliot Norton, made Professor of Fine Arts in 1875, and Professor Charles Herbert Moore, the first director, began to collect drawings and watercolors of the English School. Greek vases were lend by Edward P. Warren and in 1897 and 1898, the Gray and Rrandall print collections, on loan from Harvard in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, were transferred to the Fogg Museum. Later gifts...
...will all start immediately after the meeting and will last until May 1. There are 30 positions in all to be filled and these competitions should afford and excellent opportunity for Freshmen desiring to do this work. Although there is naturally a great deal of work to be done nevertheless it is of an interesting nature and demands very little drudgery...
Like all such realizations of pretty philosophies, New Lanark was far from perfect. It was, nevertheless, an improvement and a guide toward further effort. Due partly to petty jealousies and partly to his own intractable character Owen eventually gave up all interest in New Lanark. He attempted to form a similar colony at New Harmony, Indians but it failed completely, one obvious reason being the inharmonious state of the American frontier...
...Nevertheless, there is no doubt but that its failure to appear this year has been a distinct inconvenience, and has discovered a distinct need for its appearance next year. The Student Council, however, did not feel justified in hiring a non-graduate to put out the Register, for such a scheme has never met with success...