Word: spoiled
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...taken about joining a torchlight procession. It has been the custom for Harvard to join the Republican procession, as a large majority of the students have favored the Republican candidates. This year, however, in consideration of the large Independent movement, the college is, probably, nearly divided. It would, however, spoil the fun of the procession, if the whole college did not go together...
...introductory "To the Campus" is better than the average of the reading matter, but the rest of the editorial page is spoiled by a series of editorials on the name and reception of the paper. From these editorials we learn that Quip is "a girl," and from this infer that the central figure on the title page is a portrait of the fair daughter-in-law of Life. We think the editors should have adopted the name suggested in the last editorial, the Yale Brace, as indicating the decided need of the paper. The first picture (on page...
...will be three feet six inches at the post and three feet at the centre. The new rule will be adopted in the contest for the championship at Wimbledon. It seems a very great pity that so many alterations are made in the game. The end will be to spoil it. This lowering of the net was not at all desirable. The height kept down the experiments in overhand serving. - [London Court Journal...
...Daboll's almanac could decide on the day and hour without coming here, but they always come and we are always glad to see them come. By the way, when the river is bridged at the point what are we going to do with the race course? It will spoil the finish, and, that spoiled, the whole course is spoiled, for we can't have a straight four mile race if the finish is above the point. There would be no good place to see the finish if moved away from there, and the whole pleasure would be spoiled. Well...
...shall blossom forth in all its wealth of accommodations. The student in the early morn cometh from his prayer meeting in the metropolis and chattereth his teeth and shivereth in the refrigerator car. The company forsooth appreciateth the freshness of his victim and desireth that it shall not spoil...