Word: oft
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...oft-repeated phrase be true, that the study of the past is undertaken chiefly to serve as a basis of a man's conduct in the future, it is only natural that we should turn at this time to the congress at Versailles and wonder if the delegates assembled there will utilize the lessons of similar gatherings in the past...
...other hand, the Germans' air raids are a mere exhibition of frightfulness, if they are simple gratifications to some disappointed group of officials, then there is hope that the shedding of German blood and suffering in a few German cities may bring them to their senses. Oft provoked and slow to anger have been the Allies, but now that all else has failed, we must support their stand, and hope that the old philosophy of an "eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth" may yet save thousands of English and French non-combatants from death and mutilation...
...spring play competition of the Dramatic Club closes next week and so far the number of undergraduate contributions has been disgracefully small. "Indifference" and "laziness" are oft quoted words, but they come perilously near the truth some times. Granted the ability and the time, what is the matter with the undergraduate dramatist...
...oft heard accusation that the conversation of Memorial hall and of other eating places frequented by members of the university is compounded solely of sports, women, and the weather, is extended by a writer in the "Dial" to cover all the conversational attempt of educated Americans. "Bring together a group of college men, graduates of the same institution, and what do they talk about?" he inquires. "The same things as the tired business men of theatrical disrepute, sport or women, business or politics in the littlest sense of the word...
...John Harvard, we thank you! In our rush of daily tasks we oft lose sight of our indebtedness to you. Yet in our every work, done fairly and joyously for our college, we are in reality paying to you deep and loyal tribute. For with the eye of truth you saw--dimly perhaps and far away--a future college of breadth and strength and forward marching progress; and believing in that ideal you gave lavishly of your, worldly store to further it. Where others saw a possibility, you clearly saw a certainty, and your sacrifice has led to our presence...