Word: spite
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...spite of the good advice given last night, we can not but emphasize to each of the newcomers the necessity of choosing some line of undergraduate activity and sticking to it until he can accomplish something for the common good. The opportunities are endless. For those who can not be athletes there are still debating, the college papers, and many other fields, where individual effort betters not alone the individual but also the college itself. And in this unselfish effort, this work side by side with others working for the same end, lies one of the grandest broadening influences...
...degree of unpopularity which injures the business of certain firms located in that section. Rather than place this name upon their bill and letter headings it appears that some of the firms prefer to let their mail be addressed to Cambridge and sent to the Harvard Square office, in spite of the inconvenience in delivery...
...afternoon both crews rowed in spite of the rain which set in. The Freshmen went out at 4.30, paddling until 6, Brown rowing 2 in place of Fitzgerald, who is laid up with a slight cold. The 'Varsity paddled short and steady stretches, practiced starts, and finished their work by rowing a mile on time. Both crews rowed fairly...
...current issue of the Lampoon, in spite of an unfortunate tendency toward advertising "shooting the chutes," is rather above the usual standard of the paper...
...spite of the heavy rain which fell at intervals during the forenoon yesterday the Yale crew were given some hard work. Two hours were spent in taking the men out in pair oars and at noon the eight went out. Mr. Cook had them row down to a sheltered cove near Redtop, Harvard's old quarters, and coached them from the bank. The new shell is expected to arrive Friday...