Word: rid
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...advantages to be gained by this agreement are manifold. We are not only to be rid of an organization that has done us great harm in the past, but one whose very presence in the College community will do us great harm in the future...
...matter now stands, it is unfair to the nominees because many men signed the petitions merely from a mistaken idea of obligation to the man, or to be rid of the canvasser, although they do not intend to vote for the men thus nominated. It is unfair to the class because it may result in the election of men to whom the majority are opposed, to avoid which they left the work to the Committee on Class Day Elections...
...play proper is divided into three acts. An elderly noble, Albert, is in charge of a beautiful ward, Agathe, with whom he is in love. Agathe, however, shows affection not for her guardian, but for Eraste, a young man whom she has met by chance. Anxious to be rid of her guardian's control. Agathe pretends to be mad. She appears first as a musician, then as an old woman, and finally as a soldier. Crispin, valet to Eraste, impersonating a physician, takes charge of Agathe who, in her impersonation of a soldier, has become violent toward Albert. Crispin claims...
...system was adopted under which an effort was made to return to simpler methods. There were fewer plays, fewer formations, fewer signals, shorter hours for practice, and a determined effort was made to get rid of the injuries by analysis of the causes which led up to them and eliminating the dangerous methods. In pursuance of this policy there was no playing after dark, no playing on frozen ground, and care was taken to watch the individual players and not play them when they were becoming fatigued. In the first four years the result of this policy was only partially...
...punishment, and torture is sometimes resorted to as a means of securing evidence. It must be said, however, that such cruelty is not characteristic of the nation. Another vice of the Chinese is the opium habit, which is much more serious than drunkenness, because those addicted to it cannot rid themselves of the habit. The existence of these and many other vices may be traced to the practice of Idolatry, which presents very low ideals it is believed that Christianity can uplift the Chinese people from their present low state, but the number of missionaries now in China is extremely...