Word: spite
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...last season there were several instances of nines dropping out after their first defeat, and causing a general mixup in the arrangement of games. Under the new system no inconvenience could be caused by any withdrawals, as the nines below would simply move up in the list, but in spite of this it is gratifying to note that the "bumping" system of competition has been sccessful in preserving the organization of nines which have met with an uninterrupted series of defeats...
...Freshman nine defeated the Groton school team yesterday afternoon at Groton in a five inning game by the score of 18 to 5. In spite of the poor conditions, the game was exceedingly well played...
...golf team defeated the Wallaston Golf Club team on the latter's links at Norfolk Downers yesterday afternoon by the close score of 15 to 9. In spite of the wet weather the ground was in good condition and some creditable scores were made. The score of the individual matches was as follows...
...Varsity track games were held on Holmes Field yesterday afternoon. The track was in good condition in spite of the weather, and several of the performances were excellent...
...that of swiftness. But the swiftness is not maintained, and after this promising beginning the story declines unaccountably but yet perceptibly toward the common-place. The description of DaVinci's "La Gioconda by W. C. Arensberg 1900, is a remarkably subtle and sure bit of analytic character drawing. In spite of its inverted sentences a "Paragraph from Hawailan History," by W. R. Castle 1900, is readable and very interesting. Other contributions in the number are "A Comedy of Errors," by J. G. Forbes 1901, and "My Complication with the Major" by P. G. Carleton '99. This last is the only...