Word: whitewash
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...philosopher "roasts" the Fogg Museum and the Corporation's utilitarian view of architecture. On his own responsibility "Graduate" satirizes the diplomacy of intercollegiate sport, especially with relation to a certain affair between colleges "A" and "B." He closes with "two maxims, long held as truths among antediluvians: 'Do not whitewash ! Cultivate sport for the sake of sport, and for nothing else...
After a few innings had been played there ceased to be any doubt about the result, the only question being whether the game would end in a whitewash for the seniors or not. They managed to avert this catastrophe by scoring an earned run in the ninth inning on a hit by Dodge, a stolen base, and two timely sacrifices...