Word: prank
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...hesitates to draw attention to an act which shows that a boyish, not to say unmanly, spirit from which we had hoped Harvard was free, still persists among us, if only in the case of individuals. But the meaningless prank which brought to an untimely end the last lecture in English 8 yesterday morning, should not be allowed to pass without comment. It not only prevented the class from hearing the summary and conclusion of a remarkably interesting series of talks on one of the great periods of literature; it was not only an act of gross discourtesy...