Word: spite
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...spite of these misfortunes, the University team is still strong, for it is backed by a large corps of second-string men. This will be the first real try-out of the season, and we believe the team will do better than the conditions would lead one to expect. If it wins this afternoon, and we are rather confident that it will, the victory will be due to the conscientious work of the men throughout the long season of training...
...points. The Juniors were second with 42, followed by the Sophomores with 15 2-3 points. Owing to the dual meet with Exeter, the Freshman class was not represented. The track was heavy and the southerly wind necessitated running the sprints and hurdles in the reverse direction. In spite of these unfavorable conditions, the performances were encouraging...
...annual interclass track games will be held in the Stadium tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock. One hundred and forty-two men have been entered for the meet. The number is greater than last year in spite of the fact that the Freshman team will compete against Exeter tomorrow, so that the entries from that class are small. The class captains are: 1910, F. M. deSelding; 1911, H. Jaques, Jr.; 1912, W. H. Fernald; 1913, H. P. Lawless...
...spite of the result of the triangular debate, for which the Harvard teams deserve hearty praise, there is no question that public speaking in the University is at a low ebb. This is due to a lack of support, which in turn results form a natural hesitancy to undertake the laborious and technical preparation of a difficult question with no assurance of participating in a contest commanding anything like widespread collegiate interest or support. Under the present system, with a debating association existing simply to train two intercollegiate teams, a general lack of interest in debating is inevitable...
Possessed of a fine scholarly feeling, and an acute literary appreciation, in spite of a burden of administrative work which would have furnished ample employment for most men, he still found time for activity both as author and as editor. Only the day before his death a volume of fifteen essays and addresses was received by his friends, and a translation of the treatise of Vitruvius on ancient architecture was rapidly nearing completion, most of which had been read to a small circle of his friends, for their criticism and to their delight...