Word: almost
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...announcement of the assignment of college rooms for '89-'90 revives the long standing complaint against giving sub-freshmen an equal chance with upper class men in drawing. This year the same grievance exists in an aggravated form. Out of one hundred and forty one rooms, fifty nine, or almost one-half are assigned to '93 men. Some of the best rooms in Hastings and in the yard are drawn by subfreshmen. On the other hand there are many men who have tried for three or four years and have not succeeded in getting into the yard. This is obviously...
...work of the nine was a disappointment. The men played under rather poor luck to be sure, but many of their errors were inexcusable, The infielders seemed bothered considerably, especially on sharp ground hits, by the dirt diamond. The backing up was poor throughout, Princeton played a game almost free from fielding errors but her work seemed to lack snap. She clearly outdid Harvard however, at every point. The men hit Downer heavily although not many times safely. King's batting and fielding were the features of the game. He made a two and a three base-hit each time...
...tragedy retains for an American audience an astonishing interest, and bring vividly before us the fact that in many ways little more than a long term of years separates us from the feeling and spirit of the Grecian time. Save during one or two chorus scenes the listener almost continually found himself so absorbed as to be utterly unconscious that he was listening to a production of more than twenty centuries...
...distinct class. As one of the most prominent of them said at the meeting, they feel that they owe no allegiance to Harvard. They come here as the graduates of other institutions for the purpose of continuing their work in some of the departments of the university. They are almost uniformly men of considerable maturity, and of extended experience with educational institutions, as well as with the world. Their attitude here is that of impartial, disinterested observers. Their opinion must, therefore, carry great weight with it; and it is a fact that the report of their committee has been awaited...
...should offer themselves as candidates for the team, and by constant shooting, perfect themselves to such a degree as to get places on the team, or at any rate to raise the standard of shooting above what it is now. There are a few men who are present at almost every shoot, and those, in almost every case, are the men who make up the present team. They do not go up because they are on the team, but rather they are on the team because of their constant practice and consequent excellence. There is a very small element...