Word: almost
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...sophomore rhetoric in his lectures on criticism laid great stress on the necestity of giving an outline of the novel or article which was to be criticised. This fall the instructor who lectured on junior themes again emphasised the need of such an arrangement in a really good criticism. Almost every junior in writing his first theme this year followed this advice and wrote a synopsis of the work criticised. When the themes were returned the following was written upon almost every theme, "Why tell the story; this is not criticism. Re-write." To rewrite a theme simply because...
...college presidents are a much rarer class of men than is commonly supposed. There are now sixteen colleges in the country that are without presidents, and yet almost every day one reads that a new institution has been founded by some millionaire, who wishes in some way to perpetuate his fame and influence among educated men. The Stanford University, with its endowment of $3,500,000, will soon be a competitor for still another president, and there is no knowing how many more of these figureheads or financial agents may be required before the end of the year. The truth...
...objective times the ocular. For instance, a two inch vocular and a 1-5 objective magnify two hundred and fifty diameters. As oculars are made up to 1-8 and objectives up to 1-100, it is easy to see that the magnification resulting from these two would be almost fabulous; but these high powers are not practical and the use of a magnification of over five or ten thousand diameters is???are. The highest magnification attained by the leading German optician, Schenk, is 6,5000 diameters...
...strong west wind which blew across the field, no better condition of weather could have been wished. Before the game the sophomores were generally expected to win, and were strongly backed by their friends. The styles of play of the two teams were in sharp contrast. '88 relied almost entirely upon her half-backs to play a rushing game, while eighty-seven trusted to the long kicks of her half-backs and the rushing of her quarter-back. Eighty-eight excelled in tackling, but eighty-seven was by far her superior in team play, and with her heavy rush line...
Porter and Holden did almost all the playing for '88; their rushing and kicking was very fine. After Holden was disqualified the work all fell upon Porter, and although every man on the other side was laying for him, he made some remarkably plucky and brilliant rushes. Crocker, Woodman, and Hallowell played well. For '87, Fletcher did the most effective work; his dodging and rushing were marvellous, and the rush line finely supported him. Willard's long kicks kept the ball from the '87 goal. Peabody played a faultless game, and Keyes, Faulkner and Fiske did good work...