Word: spite
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Senior class for the past few years has been able to take for itself three buildings at the north end of the Yard, and the future of the Senior dormitory scheme is by no means assured. From the standpoint of the Seniors, it has invariably proven satisfactory in spite of the handicap assumed at the start in the peculiar assignment of the rooms; but on the other hand, there is the excellent contention that a mixture of men of all classes, of law and graduate students even, is the best possible arrangement for a dormitory in giving a man opportunities...
...University association football team was defeated by Haverford, at Haverford, Penn., on Saturday, by the score of 1 to 0. In spite of the good condition of the field the game was slow. Haverford's forwards showed better team work than the University players, who were unable to cover the men against them...
...necessary for you, for purposes not your own, use your left hand to acquire it, but keep your right for your proper work in life. If you employ both arms in that game you will be in danger of stooping; in danger of losing your soul. But in spite of every thing you may succeed, you may be successful, you may acquire enormous wealth. In which case I warn you that you stand in grave danger of being spoken and written of and pointed out as a smart man. And that is one of the most terrible calamities that...
...annual meeting of the Intercollegiate Association of Amateur Athletes of America, held last Saturday in New York, it was voted to hold the championship track and field meet this year on May 29 and 30 at Franklin Field, Philadelphia, in spite of the recommendation of the executive committee that it be held in the Stadium. This proposition was passed by a vote of 9 to 7, Amherst, College of the City of New York, Columbia, Michigan, New York University, Pennsylvania, Princeton, Stevens, and Swarthmore voting for Franklin Field, and Harvard, Yale, Dartmouth, Brown, Cornell, Williams, and Syracuse for the Stadium...
...spite of the cold weather, and large pieces of floating ice, three crews from the University squad were launched on the river Friday for the first time this year. This is nearly a month earlier than was possible last year, as then the crews did not appear on the river until March 11. Two years ago, however, rowing began on the Charles as early as February 19. As the floats at the Newell boathouse have not yet been put in place, the shells had to be lowered from the dock, and on the return, carried up from the shore...