Word: spite
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...that a large percentage of its members are also playing with the University Club. The Mandolin Club, on the other hand, is heavily handicapped by the small amount of University club material which it contains. The number of men retained for the Glee Club was exceptionally large, but in spite of this the material is rather crude. The temporary leaders of the clubs have not yet been appointed...
...will probably be harder than any of the previous ones this year. The absence of Story, Linehan, and Randall, who will be unable to accompany the team on account of examinations, will be a serious handicap. With Gilles at right forward, however, the team should be somewhat steadied in spite of the fact that he has played only two nights. K. Smith at centre is the weakest player at present, partly on account of his changing from forward to centre. Bigelow, substitute for Story at left forward, is not up to his usual standard. Most of the work will probably...
...public discussion up to the present. The matter was originally taken up in 1814, but nothing was done in regard to it until 1869, when the Speaker of the House of Representatives appointed a commission to inquire into the advisability of constructing a dam across the Charles River. In spite of strong opposition the commission reported favorably on the subject, but the plan was quickly abandoned. In 1891 Mayor Matthews of Boston was instrumental in the appointment by the Legislature of the Charles River Legislation Commission, which, in conjunction with a committee appointed by the Metropolitan Park Commission...
...Welldon '04, are both unusually good bits of narrative. The first is a trifle squalid, perhaps, and is a not altogether new idea, but is most skillfully put together, rapid and full of vivid color and incident. The second has a distinct Cambridge atmosphere, is convincing in spite of apparent improbability, and but for the somewhat unjustified tragic ending, is very well written...
...University hockey squad held its second practice on the rink on Holmes Field yesterday afternoon. In spite of the poor condition of the ice the play was fast. The passing was erratic at times, but the men showed up well, although the forwards allowed the opposing line to get well started by failure to follow the puck...