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Word: embarrassment (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1870-1879
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...that it was only after some hesitation that the Faculty decided to give voluntary attendance upon recitations another year's trial with the present Senior class. It was hoped that the class would appreciate the fact that the system is as yet an experiment, and would do nothing to embarrass its final adoption. These anticipations, we are informed by the Dean, have not been realized. As far as can be judged by the returns up to the present time, the system has this year been used with much more license than it was last year or the year before...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 3/23/1877 | See Source »

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