Word: rather
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...fact that so small a number of ballots were cast in the elections of last Tuesday, and goes on to say that "Such a disgraceful lack of interest in class affairs must surely arouse the indignation of all undergraduates." In view of your published figures this statement is rather absurd. Do you desire that the 1566 recalcitrant students who did not vote should become fiercely indignant with themselves, or do you think that the 389 faithful voters constitute the entire body of undergraduates...
Perhaps the CRIMSON will welcome a rather conservative letter in reply to the radical outburst of Mr. Fleming...
...game characterized by individual play rather than by team-work. For the seconds. L. Crosscup Occ. and R. P. Parker '22 starred in the first half of the game. Crosscup rushed the ball from mid-field to the Navy 10-yard line, and in the next play carried it across on an end run for a touchdown. Parker's punting was the principal factor in the scrubs' defense system. In the latter half B. Hunneman '22, besides kicking a field goal from the 20-yard line and goal from touchdown, was the only back who was able to gain against...
...throwing bricks. Instead, the machinery provided by law should be set in motion as soon as possible. One or more nights of German opera is infinitely better for the morale of the nation than such a disgraceful disturbance. If the country is to continue being run by laws rather than by the whims of demagogues, this mob spirit, must be quelled...
Having heard so much lately the use of the word "soviet," I decided to look it up and find out its meaning. I was rather surprised to find that it meant nothing more than "committee," and I wondered why it had never been applied to our Congressional manner of doing business. Another translation of the word, making it mean "conference," made me wonder why, since they use the word so freely, the Boston "Transcript" and the New York "Times" do not speak of our present Industrial Soviet at Washington. Perhaps the word is reserved for those conferences or councils which...