Word: spite
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...much of the value of the dance lies in the fact that it is a tradition. Many who never attend any other college functions go to this one because it is a strong tradition and one worth observing. Since this is one of the few traditions still secure in spite of Harvard indifference, let us keep it so. Sincerely yours, F. B. Thurber...
Dana Hall girls are not allowed to own phonographs. They have their music, nevertheless, in spite of the rules. Girls from this school spend over an hour in the music shop at least once a week listening to all the new releases. When they enter Wellesley they may enjoy their own music...
...need of money for the new gymnasium, the Stadium question, and the expansion of the athletics-for-all policy were the main topics treated by Mr. Bingham in the course of his speech. In spite of the fact that the full quota necessary for the construction of the new athletic plant has not yet been reached, he stated that work on the gymnasium would be carried on as rapidly as possible...
...spite of his good resolutions not to attend classes, movies, or even to drink a drop during the Reading Period, the Vagabond will be lured from his books in order to hear Professors Spalding and Ballantine play Beethoven's Fifth Symphony in the Music Building at 10 o'clock today...
Coming so soon after Christmas, this auction of books has another interesting feature. In spite of the bewildering atmosphere of the holiday rush, all good taste in the selection of valuable manuscripts has not been lost. The American people, so often labeled as materialistic, show they also possess an appreciation of aesthetic values...