Word: spite
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Professor Barrett Wendell '77 has been selected as the orator for the 1918 anniversary meeting of the University Chapter of the Phi Beta Kappa Society. This meeting is held each year on Phi Beta Kappa Day, the Monday preceding Commencement. Plans are now being made so that, in spite of the war, this tradition will not be broken. The poet for the occasion is to be Professor Stuart Pratt Sherman of the University of Illinois...
...intercepted pass and the recovery of a sailor fumble by Mahan prevented further scoring in the first half, in spite of long runs by Casey and Cannell. Mahan, after displaying a varied forward passing attack, failed to score a field goal from the 40-yard line...
...board track which is used every winter will be laid between the Locker Building and the cinder straightaway before the end of the week, so that work can progress upon the boards in spite of snow or frozen ground. The baseball cage will be heated and lighted for the field event men, including jumpers, vaulters and weight-throwers. A large number of candidates for this department are needed, since it is usually the weakest in the University team...
...will be the first to pick flaws in such a body as the R. O. T. C. We feel sure that they will realize the newness of the Corps, but on the other hand we expect the members of the Corps to measure up to an exact standard in spite of their recent initiation into military life. And this because of the ordinary difficulty of impressing favorably such men as compose the University Military Committee...
...race at New York today, the Freshman harriers compete for the junior intercollegiate title. They oppose Cornell, Yale and probably Princeton. In view of their recent decisive victory, they have a good prospect of winning. Last Saturday's race showed that the early season handicaps have been overcome. In spite of the small squad, which was enlarged during the season by an effective recruiting campaign, the team has progressed. Interest in football diverted us from watching the steady, though slow, development. Recovering from early, discouraging defeats the 1921 runners have persevered, with resulting success. The victory over Yale...