Word: anathema
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...reserved for those conferences or councils which are un-American. But would we call the Industrial Conference un-American? or an importation from Russia? Why have all the opposition papers been so opaque as not to see how well they could hit the Conference by calling by the anathema anathematum--"Soviet...
...supposedly cutting remarks on Cambridge weather. Who, indeed, will go so far as to take exception at the latter? And, by the way, the supposed "sop" he throws out to our outraged feelings in his last paragraph is wholly unnecessary. Not only that, but it mars the delightful anathema which Mr. Carpenter has hurled...
...great industries," failing completely to realize that the two are incompatible. It is just such things as these which mark the play to the grandstand. This article may be taken as typical of the paper, which stands for freedom of speech among students. When radicalism degenerates into an anathema against existing conditions, it no longer serves its useful purpose. The advance of civilization has depended not upon the impulsive actions of the dissatisfied, but upon the careful deliberation of thinkers...
...problems calling for nice adjustment in the fixing of lecture engagements. The hour from eleven to twelve is especially popular with instructors--Professor Munro explained in the Graduates' Magazine--and is in danger of becoming over-crowded and causing bad conflicts. On the other hand, "two-thirties" are anathema to most undergraduates, especially in the spring and fall when athletics are in fullest swing. It has been suggested that they be moved to 7.45 in the morning; and it is likely, even though Spartan blood is none too plentiful, that a few more courses could be given successfully at that...
Ever since the Freshman class has been separated from the main body of the College, unmistakable symptoms have arisen of the growth of that spirit which is anathema to the hypothetical "Harvard man." This has at times shown itself in its most objectionable form, which is an inevitable product of such an attitude,--that of rowdyism and muckerism...