Word: spites
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...system of inter-visitation which Prof. Drummond so earnestly advocated for the carrying on of religious work, and which Amherst and other colleges have so enthusiastically taken hold of, has also received much attention at Yale. In spite of the obvious effectiveness of the deputation system, the plan at first seemed hardly feasible on account of the expenditure of time and money which it involved, the scarcity of good speakers, and the inexperience of all; but, after much discussion it was agreed that all who would be willing to go on deputations should send their names to the secretary. Over...
...life which we have of late been leading. That the promenade was the most successful and enjoyable that has ever been given here is readily pronounced by all who participated. The thirteen hundred people present were amply accommodated in the large armory, and in spite of the fact that there were fully two hundred and fifty couples dancing at once, the floor was in no wise crowded. The decorations were more elaborate than those of last year, and conspicuous among them were the floral emblems commemorating the championship in foot-ball. base-ball, and on the water, as well...
...among a very small element in our college world. The spirit of fairness and honor, of which most colleges boast, would soon frown down any "trickery"; and, if that potent factor in a college world-public opinion-frowns upon "trickery," how can it exist? In spite of all this, however, we believe with President Eliot that there is much that is rotten in our athletic system, and we call upon public opinion to eradicate that rottenness...
...second article, "An Argument for Cremation" is a very powerful and thrilling story though certainly not an attractive one. A man is found apparently dead by some jolly monks, and in spite of the fact that the body still retains its warmth, they bury it at the abbey. Some time later the monks and their merry Abbot are disturbed in their carousals by noises issuing from the grave, and they find that the slab bas fallen from its place and the grave is empty. Later in the evening when the orgy is over, the Abbot on entering his room, finds...
...pose around the corridors as statuettes after the concert instead of charming the Wellesleyians with Harvard wit, and finally that, when they reached Cambridge, the driver had been obliged to roll them all out of the barge like barrels they were so stiff with the cold, in spite of these things-I say, the unanimous verdict is that everyone had a fine time, and everyone would look forward with eager anticipation to the day when the Pierian Sodality shall again play for the fair maids of Wellesley...