Word: spite
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...spite of the fact that men go away to study, Japan is well supplied with modern universities and colleges. There are 5 large and 94 lesser institutions, modeled on the German plan. In Tokio alone there are 112,000 students enrolled in the University of Tokio and in six smaller colleges...
...public, or a portion of it, finds it hard to rid itself of an idea once firmly imbedded. In spite of a rain of facts to the contrary, some persons still believe that our endowed universities are out of the reach of any but men of wealth. The writer of a letter to the Transcript, and the author of a tirade against the University, called "The Educational Octopus," makes the accusation that the "intellectuals of Harvard mistakenly believe that the son of the laboring man should not be allowed to aspire to equality, professionally or otherwise, with the young...
...Brooks House and newlist will be posted from day to day. The names of men admitted men remaining, and mer discharged will be given, so that all those having friends in the Infirmary may consult this convenient list for information. This plan proved extremely successful. last year and in spite of its late start this fall should be of equal benefit...
...sport calling out the greatest number of men was football, with 365 names enrolled. This is an increase of 19 men over last year's mark, in spite of the fact that the Haughton Cup series was cancelled. Track showed a total of 247 aspirants as against 178 for last fall. The largest increase was in the tennis tournaments, with 252 participants, a gain of 105 over last year's mark. The decrease in soccer may be laid to the fact that no inter-dormitory series was held this season. The detailed statistics follow...
...healthy interest on the part of the Advocate board, whose president, Mr. W. C. Sanger, Jr., '16, contributes perhaps the most distinguished poem, "To a Young Girl." Mr. Putnam '18, with "Storm," and Mr. Cutler '16, with a translation from Catullus, add good things to the number. In spite of an imitative and derivative air about most of these productions, patent confessions of the amateur's willingness of spirit and lack of skill, there is much promise and considerable present fulfilment. It is somewhat surprising not to find the poets rhyming about matters more pressing than the woods in Aiken...