Word: spite
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...other of Farquaar's plays which every one should read is "Sir Harry Wildair." Charles Lamb always claimed that these plays were not immoral in their influence for the simple reason that no one believed in them. The heroes are essentially gentlemen,-or rather "truly good fellows," in spite of their seeming indecency. From Farquaar Sheridan really got his Charles Surface and Captain Absolute...
...committee of the Association of Collegiate Alumnae, says the New York Evening Post, has made a table showing the sums given by women during the last thirteen years to colleges for men only, for women only, and for men and women together. In spite of the fact that in 1880, with which year the report begins, Vassar College was already fifteen years old, and that the desirableness of the higher education for women was therefore already patent, it appears that during this time women have given five times as much for the education of men alone as for the education...
...Harvard Religious Union to be held in Holden Chapel this evening. Professor C. R. Lanman will address the meeting on certain points connected with Buddha and Buddhism, with special reference to what Buddha was, what was his nature and what were his views. The Union hopes that in spite of the mid-year examinations this meeting may be well attended. The subject on which Professor Lanman will speak, though not widely known about in college, is interesting and worthy of attention...
There seems to be unusual interest in the Harvard-Yale debate this year. The committee on arrangements are receiving many enquiries from outside parties relative to the speaking, the judges, and to the sale of tickets. In spite of the fact that a merely nominal admission fee will be charged, there is good prospect of a full house...
...rules for athletics which went into effect on Monday will deprive our teams of some of their best men, but sober college opinion will realize, in spite of this, that they are for the best interest of the University. They will purify athletics without reducing them to a strictly undergraduate basis. Not only will they purify athletics but they will place restrictions on them which will keep them within bounds. It cannot be denied that there is an athletic craze today, a craze which quite outruns sober thought on the scholarly side of college life. Athletes themselves are too willing...