Word: spite
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Wading through the choking dust of Harvard street, Brighton, on the way to Soldiers Field is not a nice price to pay for access to a game, in spite of the fact that we have grown to accept dust as the welcome alternative for rain and mud. That familiarity has dulled contempt, is no reason why climate-harassed throats should be further insulted by the steady cloud of dust and filth that rises from the pavement of that street, and from the now unmentionable bridge. The Athletic Association certainly owes the civic powers a considerable debt for police protection...
...weeks of spring football practice ended with a forty-minute scrimmage in a drizzling rain on Soldiers Field yesterday afternoon, team A defeating team B, 18 to 6. This score is reckoned under the new rules, each touchdown counting 6 points. In spite of the inclemency of the weather, the men showed marked improvement as a result of their short period of practice. The teams give promise of developing a speedy game under the new rules. The defence of both teams was consistently good, and though team A was the more aggressive during the first period, team B developed...
...Music, told of the success of the Historic Operatic Concerts and the support which they have received from graduates of the University. The opera is not a light amusement but an educational force; it is a composite art and appeals to the higher qualities of the listener. In spite of the commercial spirit of this age, the opera will have a vital growth in the future, and it is only commercial power which can provide operatic productions...
...cannot be denied that much the same perfunctory relation which it was sought to avoid still persists in spite of these efforts. At mid-years many a Senior adviser cannot recognize in the Yard the advisee whom in September he so cordially "welcomed"-and forgot. In their fear of appearing too patronizing, the Seniors have refrained from "chasing up" these men, apparently at cost of losing touch with them altogether. The relation should be a real and vital...
...years, with the exception of Orville Harold. The other members of the cast are familiar musical-comedy figures. It is a distinct relief to find a piece, the libretto of which does not suffer from the injection of slap-stick and futile appeals to the powers below, and in spite of the cold reception "Gypsy Love" received in New York, doubtless for this very reason, it is the best operetta seen this season. One may take a girl to it without remorse...