Word: spite
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...which is still apt to insist that a play should end happily, resulted in a fourth act of stereotyped reconciliation and happy conclusion. That the play was not ruined by the anti-climax in this act, is proof prositive that it is a drama of exceptional power. For, in spite of its improbable ending, it is a strong play...
...contest Brown seemed to have the upper hand. Wilkinson, the brilliant halfback of the Orange eleven, was in a great measure responsible for his team's victory, for in the long series of rushes which resulted in the long score, he carried the ball on almost every play. In spite of their defeat, the Brown players showed great power, and it is doubtful whether the University can again afford to send in a substitute line-up against them...
...English Law Courts. The club is an entirely new departure at the Law School, quite different from the well-known first-year Law Clubs. Its purpose is to give Law School men coming from different parts of the country a chance to meet together socially. In spite of its recent organization the club has leased a house, and the dining rooms, accommodating fifty, are in full swing. The organization is to be permanent and probably first-year men will be elected at the beginning of next semester...
...spite of the fact that Tuesday is a holiday Professor Moore will conduct the usual morning service in Appleton Chapel on that day at 8.45 o'clock...
...University cross-country team had its first hard run over the 6-mile Belmont course yesterday. The results were very gratifying in spite of the muddy condition of the course. In one place the men had to cross a 10-foot ditch full of water because one of the fields was temporarily closed. Some forded the ditch while others took to broad-jumping. K. E. Fuller 16 was well in the lead all the way. The order of finish was as follows: K. E. Fuller '16, R. T. Twitchell '16, W. P. Whitehouse, 2d '17, A. R. Bancroft...