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Word: objections (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1910-1919
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...from having their group photograph taken because they did not respond with the desired generosity to the Seniors' appeal. So long as this contribution to the Seniors' picnic was taken as a sort of joke and was made the occasion for a little banter and levity, no one could object much, though some of us have though the custom an innovation in very questionable taste...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Communication | 4/15/1916 | See Source »

...object of putting the play on is to raise sufficient funds to help defray expenses to the Inaugural at Washington, D. C., in 1917. I feel that all members would like to participate in this trip, as it is an affair that occurs but once in four years...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Regimental Announcements | 4/15/1916 | See Source »

...Herrick's statement--his third point--that "college sports are for the undergraduates and should be managed, so far as possible, by them,"--that is exactly the point of the present discussion. Undergraduates apparently object to the manner in which the crew captain has exercised the coach's powers, and as it is their sport, their voice should be heard...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: COACH HERRICK'S REPLY. | 4/7/1916 | See Source »

...Bowdoin was defeated by Yale 1 to 8. In the finals, the two qualifying teams will compete with Cornell, Columbia, Pennsylvania, and Annapolis. The original plan was to have preliminaries also between teams from Columbia, Cornell, and Technology, and between Princeton, Annapolis, and Pennsylvania with the object of eliminating one from each group leaving six teams in all to compete in the finals. Since Technology and Princeton have failed to enter, however, these preliminaries have been rendered unnecessary...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: INTERCOLLEGIATE FENCING TRIALS TO BE HELD APRIL 8 | 4/6/1916 | See Source »

...task of reviewing a periodical whose object is professedly not literary, is always difficult, and the result proportionately unsatisfactory. What comments can be passed on a picture of the track squad, however interesting, save that it bears an extraordinary resemblance to the track squad? Articles on undergraduate theatricals or baseball prospects, however interesting, could not be fairly discussed from a literary standpoint, which is after all the only possible standpoint for a critical review. The stock review published in the humorous number of the Illustrated, while justly satirical, points out at the same time the difficulties of the reviewer...

Author: By E. E. H. jr., | Title: Current Illustrated Merits Praise | 4/3/1916 | See Source »

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