Word: spite
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...University crew squad, consisting of two eights, has been on the river daily during the past week. In spite of the cold weather, the work has been uniformly good. The second crew, composed of last year's Freshman eight, has continued to show the better form...
Before the scrimmage three teams, formed from the University squad had signal practice, which consisted of work on the forward pass, the onside kick, and a few of the newest plays. Foster tried several goals from placement behind the line of scrimmage which worked well in spite of the strong wind...
...spite of the rain yesterday afternoon which made the field extremely slippery, the University football squad had a fairly long scrimmage. In the first half, which was of 20 minutes duration, the University eleven scored one touchdown on the second team. Foster made the only score after gaining 20 yards on a forward pass by Newhall. Later the first team substitutes and the second eleven had a 15-minute scrimmage in which Hall made the only touchdown for the substitutes on a 95-yard quarter-back run. The game was very open, more than half the plays being forward passes...
...foreign drama, the lack of a national dramatic school and theatre, and the mistaken point of view of the clergy and the public have caused the great lack of permanent dramatic literature. The English people are either amusement seeking, moderately indifferent or religiously hos- tile to the stage. In spite of all opposition the drama will always exist. Why, then, is it not better to enlist the energy of the cultured for its benefits? What antiquarian Oxford ignores. Harvard, through the work of Professor Baker, is teaching, namely, a true conception of a most influential...
...resumed work yesterday. The orders of the two crews were as follows: First crew--stroke, Farley; 7, Amberg; 6, Bacon; 5, Emmons; 4, Corbett; 3, Richards; 2, Ball; bow, Wiggins. Second crew--Stroke, Reece; 7, Faulkner; 6, Lunt; 5, Severance; 4, Mulligan; 3, Rackemann; 2, Crandall; bow, Ellis. In spite of the cold weather the work was the best of the year...