Word: quietus
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...that Harvard was doing wrong in keeping the best Crimson players out of the game." It is quite conceivable that the score does not give an accurate idea of the relative merit of the two teams, but that is a futile argument. One admits with good grace that the quietus was put on effectively. It is, however, unfortunate that from statements like that quoted above, and from the paid-by the column wisdom of "Bill" and the rest, in the local press, the idea should become current that there is an organized and bitter "kick" at Brown over the Harvard...
...hands of our best portrait painters. But, whereas Napoleon never asked his dragoons to preserve "The Last Supper," members of Memorial have time and again been asked to respect the pictures that surround them. Damage has been done; that is known. The knowledge should be enough to put a quietus on further demonstrations of the fighting instinct...