Word: spites
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...goes into history as "the Fess incident." From it, future U. S. Presidents will learn a lesson about the embarrassments of amity. For in spite of President Coolidge's "heat," in spite of a tart suggestion by President Coolidge that Ohio politics* colored Senator Fess's interpretation of the country's "strong demand," Senator Fess continued to predict more freely than ever the renomination of the man he calls on so often...
...spite of injuries that materially weakened the Harvard soccer team, the Williams eleven was unable to score on the Crimson booters, Saturday afternoon, and when the University squad left Williamstown, it had added the Purple scalp to its list, by virtue of a 1 to 0 victory. Louis Kerness '29, made the only score early in the first period. The rest or the game was close, with the Crimson team, having a slight edge over the Purple booters, pressing close, but unable to score. L. L. Driggs '28, Louis Kerness '29, and Alexander Stollmeyer '30, starred for the winners...
When the reviewer of the current Advocate says of that magazine that it "makes no attempt to amaze the reader with its culture" he is making a low bow in the direction of the stables of Pegasus. The insinuation, obviously enough is to the effect that in spite of Rockwell Kent and a highly developed aesthetic complex the Hound and Horn has yet to surpass the oldest of college publications...
...been a stormy one of decided ups and downs. On occasions it has reached high peaks of success, on others it has plumbed the depths of undergraduate neglect. Its sponsors and members have gone sturdily forward in the face of the most discouraging sort of apathy, and in spite of repeated disappointments have kept the idea alive. Such is the early history of many a well conceived and worthy enterprise. The CRIMSON believes in the ideal of University thought expressed through the medium of debating. The expression of opinion, verbally and in public assembly is an old and dignified custom...
...material in the course so that it is understood and assimilated? If the Freshman can be made to do that he has learned something-about the course, to be sure-but, what is more important in the future, about how to study, how to master a subject in spite of a lack of interest...