Word: slighted
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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That is why a greater leaven of radicalism in college teaching is desirable. The question whether a certain group of ideas be inculcated or not is of slight importance compared to the need of arousing real intellectual turmoil. A great many staid conservative students wander unsuspectingly into Economics A, and are startled to learn that protectionism is not a doctrine of certified divine origin. It worries them for a time to find that the universe of thought is not entirely plotted into straight, narrow, and exclusive paths; then they weather the crisis and return smugly to the old beliefs...
...inclination to let up in the strenuous preparation for next Saturday's game, and kept the squad hard at work for over an hour. Thacher and Baker were both laid off yesterday, the former with a hip bruise which may keep him out until Saturday. Baker had a slight cold. Their places in the forward line were taken by Taylor and Baldwin, respectively...
...well act first in this project. That Harvard is little known in South America is hardly surprising. For, conversely, few Americans have heard that Argentina has a university established twenty-three years before Harvard was in existence. Still, when our entire nation's acquaintance with Spanish America is slight, and when the University possibly ranks no better than fourth among American institutions in its southern influence, our broad considerations are backed up by some selfish desire to take the lead...
...weakness in shooting has been especially noticeable in the practice scrimmages during the first part of the week. Time and again the forwards have lost chances to score by not getting their shots off with any degree of speed or accuracy. This fault, however, as well as a slight let-up in speed and all-around playing, has been due in large measure to the warm weather, which has not only made the ice soft and sticky, but has taken much life out of the air in the Arena: Cold, snappy weather would undoubtedly help a great deal in bringing...
...winning his first bout against H. L. Hargraves of Bowdoin and finally triumphing over J. E. Gray, Bowdoin, after two tie bouts. H. L. Hargraves won the only bout for Bowdoin, defeating G. L. Code '18 11 to 9. Captain W. H. Russell '18 is just recovering from a slight illness and took part in only one bout, which he won over J. E. Gray of Bowdoin...