Word: spite
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...current Harvard financial set-up makes doubly imperative the acceptance of the N.Y.A. offer, for the rise in dining hall wages--in spite of the adjusted rates--will cut down the profit margin upon which the Temporary Student Employment Plan depends for its existence. Since the N.Y.A. funds are to serve the same purpose as the T.S.E. money, i.e., work-scholarships, there is no reason why the government grant cannot be used to make up part of the salaries now paid by T.S.E. "Pride goeth before the fall" and a haughty University can best serve its own ends by accepting...
Giving up twelve per cent of their annual advertising revenue, last night's proclamation stated that "the Board of the Advocate feels that, in spite of the fact that such a course means a severe financial loss to the magazine, it is upholding its integrity in taking this action; and we strongly urge all other undergraduate magazines to follow our lead...
...remedial reading class" were immensely significant despite the justly cautious attitude of the directors of the experiment, for not only did the Guinea Pigs increase their reading speed approximately fifty per cent, but half of their number showed definite improvement in their marks from November to February. In spite of this striking indication of the relation between reading ability and the mastery of courses, the University has conspicuously not leapt into action to hasten the experiment, and make it available to the general student body...
Especially startling to everyone present was the showing of Norm Blotner, who was shifted from his regular position at first defense to play in the midfield at second defense. Twice Blotner, in spite of his inexperience in the forward wall, plowed through the Red defense for goals...
...spite of the rain-soaked playing surface and an intermittent drizzle, the Stableymen's steamroller began to function smoothly in the second quarter. Anderson, as well as Blotner, accounted for two points, while Willard, Doughty, Ferris, and Halstead each scored once...