Word: spites
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Some interesting statistics appear in the United States Report on Education. The number of universities and colleges is exactly the same as ten years ago, in spite of the fact that some have died out and others have sprung up. During the same time the number of students has increased from 32, 316 to 41, 161, and the attendance in each college has increased twenty-four students on the average. These statistics are a favorable sign that the mania for founding new colleges is dying, while at the same time the people recognize that it is better to patronize institutions...
...scores made at the meeting of the Harvard Shooting Club yesterday afternoon were, in spite of the high wind, much better than those of last week. As there was not the requisite number of entries match C was closed. The scores in the two other matches were as follows...
...spite of the rain, there were about twenty-five members present at the meeting of the Conference Francaise last evening. The meeting was rather informal throughout and consisted of the initiation of new members, followed by a lecture on Leon Gambetta by Mr. E. M. Bayer, '90. The following members were initiated: From '90-Sturgis, Thorndike; from '91-W. E. Beer, J. B. Henderson, G. Jones, A. S. Walcott, and W. M. Woodworth, res. grad...
...five o'clock on Friday last the Glee Club went to Lowell. After supper at the Merrimac House, the club went to Huntington Hall where a fair was in progress for the benefit of the Old Ladies' Home of Lowell. The club sang at intervals during the evening. In spite of the fact that it was the first concert of the year and that there was a constant buzz of conversation in the booths where the sale of fancy articles was going on, the singing was excellent. After the concert, there was dancing until late in the evening. The Yorick...
...Triumph of Sorrow," contributed by Mr. Herrick, has a meaning so deeply hidden that we are not quite sure that we understand it. We feel rather than know the writer's thoughts. In spite of the obscurity, the piece is very well written...