Word: puritanize
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...When Puritan John Winthrop set aside the last Thursday in November as a day for giving thanks unto God, he had no thought of a future legal holiday that would cause difficulties at Harvard. If he had proclaimed Monday as the day of much eating, many students who now remain in Cambridge would be able to share the family turkey at home. Yet the sad fact remains that Thursday is the day. University Hall should accept this fact as inevitable and issue a proclamation about the entire weekend...
...Jekyll and Hyde are again in the "Spot"--this time because of Mr. James Carmody. For according to reports, the public is anxious to renew acquaintance with the two-faced individuals at the Winthrop House dinner dance Saturday night. Although Mr. Carmody has since decided to remain on Puritan ground, there was a time when he intended to appear at Dunster that same evening...
Both Winthrop and Dunster have engaged syncopating outfits of Jimmie Carmedy, but Jimmy himself will wield the baton at the Puritan frolic. Undaunted, the Dunster committee has announced that their orchestra will be under the direction of Karl Kunze...
...Virginia is softer and warmer than that of Massachusetts. The alternating long-and-short pattern of the bricks ("Flemish bond") is accentuated by the deeper-burned color of those laid head outward (the "headers"). In short, without "applying" sculptural ornament of any kind, a less Puritan, more decorative effect has been achieved...
...rabbits came back strongly in the second half, and, aided by the insertion of a great many puritan substitutes, managed to hold the champions scoreless for the remaining two periods...