Word: bitter
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...night, the senior class elections for class day were held, and, contrary to expectation, passed off without any split in the class. '88 has since its entrance been noted for the harmony in the class and the freedom from cliques, but it was feared that there would be a bitter fight over some of the offices. The best men were elected though in almost every instance, and there was none of that bitter fight which so disgraced...
...gets from the editorial in last Monday' issue of the CRIMSON, the oration is one which should be given to the whole body of men in Harvard. If it condemns snobbishness, by all means let us read it. We are all, perhaps, tainted by this disease, and a little bitter medicine would be healthful, though perhaps unpalatable...
...novices in college life customs, or they would realize the mistake they are making. They can have no idea of the stimulating effect of enthusiastic cheering, or they would certainly go to New Haven and support their team. If the freshmen eleven is beaten, it will be a bitter lesson to the class, and all the more bitter because the blame will lie with them...
...very vicious and wholly uncalled for attack upon the instructor in English 12. The writer complains because the criticisms on his themes are pithy and to the point-because the instructor gives his real opinion in a few words, of poor and hasty work. Is the writer of this bitter invective so thin-skinned that a few short, sharp criticisms penetrate to his very marrow? If so, it proves the thorough efficiency of the instructor; if not, Mr. "English 12" has no right to complain. The instructors at Harvard take the students to be more than mere school-boys...
...custom is a gracious one and things of this nature are what tend to make the feeling between colleges one of gentlemanly and courteous rivalry and not one of bitter antagonism...