Word: detract
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...this year's play are four stars: Wendell, Harrison, Blagden, and Hutchinson. Nor does any praise of them detract from the excellent work of Middle-mass, Butler, Loring, Roelker, Powel, and Gardner. The scenery was the best the club has had in some years, likewise the costumes. Mr. Sanger's dancing received the applause it deserved. The music provided several songs of exceptional quality, and in the quartette at the end of the second act the composer did not go beyond his powers. The book, though not productive of any unusual situations, was amusing and clever. As to the topical...
After the recent agitation for the reduction of the number of intercollegiate contests it is interesting to compare the baseball schedule for this spring with last year's list of games. The most noticeable feature is the attempt of the management to detract as little as possible from the "scholarly interests" of the undergraduates. The number of mid-week games in Cambridge during term time has been reduced 25 per cent, because these contests caused absences from lectures. One less trip will be taken, and the total number of games will be three or four less than it was last...
...seems a pity that some form of memorial to Professor Shaler cannot be placed where it will recall his memory to all undergraduates. The bas-relief in the Scientific School and the research fund are very fitting tributes, but their scope is necessarily restricted. If a bas-relief would detract from the home-like atmosphere of the Union, would it not be possible to substitute a portrait? Among the many remarkable qualities which were Dean Shaler's his unfailing interest in the undergraduates was perhaps the most characteristic. For this reason we believe that a memorial to him should...
...many injustices. The odium of speculation would be attached to unfortunates whose names had been forged or whose friends had lost their tickets. It is obvious, also, that the presence on the list of the names of well-known graduates, whose reputation would convince everyone of their innocence, would detract much from the stigma of being blacklisted...
...events may receive more coaching they are urged to report in the morning hours if possible or before 4 o'clock in the afternoon, as Mr. Quinn's duties as trainer of the Freshman football team occupy the greater part of his time later on in the afternoon and detract from his other work...