Word: puritanize
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...violently or not the records do not show but they do say that they had a special building, running from the end of Harvard Hall to Massachusetts Hall in which some twenty of the red men could be accommodated. The missionary spirit must have been very strong in our Puritan ancestors for they went to every possible means of luring them within the pale. Besides having their own dormitory the aborigines had most of their expenses paid by friends who were formed into a "Society for Propagating the Gospel...
...student forbidden to put his nose outside the door on Sunday to take a walk, he was not even allowed to dress up on occasions, even if these occasions were not on the Sabbath. In fact elegant dressing seems to have been one of the worst crimes on the Puritan Harvard calendar, as may be seen from the following...
Imagine the surprise and horror of the old Puritan who designed that law should he return today to find the sinful elegance of the University Theatre, settled securely within a stone's throw of the Yard. Ah, what evil times have befallen Ye Town of Cambridge...
...film would be censored after the police department had had a chance to feast its eyes on the square-head's curves. Robert Sherwood said it was a good thing that the smooth Swede was married to John Gilbert before the scenes were shot. It was really rather a Puritan precaution, we hear, but it may serve to raise their divorcing average...
They were to find a "native" theme. Indians? Witchcraft? Skyscrapers? No, the most native to U. S. spirit, decided Miss Millay, is the old Saxon legend. The Saxon is nearer than the redman; the turbulent warrior dearer than the Puritan, to our age. Theirs was a forthright, swaggering, romantic spirit. Mr. Taylor would write his music true to the hunt, the forest, the clash of sword, the misty superstitions, the feudal ideals of loyalty...