Word: set
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...social life in this respect, and while we have believed that it is impossible ever to arrive at any ideal state we have still been of the opinion that there are many inherent obstacles to the right sort of intercourse which are capable of eradication. I remember how we set going Freshmen receptions some years ago, and how we welcomed Mr. Higginson's gift of the Union as tending to remove these obstacles. These things like the special efforts now being made for frequent smokers and other large informal gatherings are evidences of the general feeling that has existed...
...capitalists were counseling submission to the claims of the slaveholders, in order to retain them in a Union which they had grown to detest, because they no longer controlled its central government. But when the northern states saw the south rushing into rebellion against our government, in order to set up an aristocracy of color and section, that deep instinct of self-preservation brought the north almost unanimously together in defense of the imperiled nation. Its instantaneous effect was to scatter the temporizing plans of old politicians. Those who previously had denounced and persecuted the anti-slavery minority, suddenly felt...
...High School this afternoon at 4 o'clock on the Freshman diamond, Soldiers Field. Brookline High was defeated by the second nine last Friday by a score of 28 to 15. Owing to the poor showing of the Freshman team up to the present time an almost entirely new set of men will play in today's game...
...great interest taken by the undergraduates in the plays given each year by the different clubs and societies suggests the idea of a theatrical performance given by no one set of men but by the University as a whole...
...order for the University eight-oared shell for this year was given recently to W. H. Davy, of Cambridge, and the keel was set up yesterday. Davy has built at least one shell for every University crew for the last 15 years and has also built many Freshman and four-oared boats...