Word: almost
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Nation and of other representative journals on the matter seems to be generally accepted as the more reasonable one. It cannot be doubted that the utterances of such men as President Eliot and President Barnard in favor of college athletics have carried great weight with the public mind. The almost universal readiness of college students themselves to quietly acquiesce in all reasonable restriction cannot but have had a most favorable effect. The danger of carrying the reaction to an extreme was of course the one most to be feared, and this danger now seems very nearly to have passed...
...sale. A working boat; weight, 42 pounds, almost new; has only been used four or five times; may be seen at boat house. Price $50; original cost $90. For further particulars apply to W. P. Lyman, 101 Brattle street, Cambridge...
AMHERST.The Amherst nine will be made up almost entirely of old players. The captain is Taylor, who is an admirable second base player and a strong batter. The only important position that will have to be filled by a new man is that of catcher, Savage, last year's catcher, having graduated. The following named men from last year's nine will probably play: Taylor, 2b.; Arnd, l.f.; Hunt, 3b.; Gardner, s. s.; Hamlin, 1b.; Buffum, r.f.; Boyden, c. f.; Harris, p. The men have been coached during the winter by Keefe who thinks that the nine will be strong...
...rich boy was not a desirable adjunct to the college-roll. Harvard was the one college in America which aimed at improving and allowing the most scope to the character of the student. The aim was to foster the desire for learning. In the old country a man might almost be said to know before he was born what profession he was to follow. In this country a man on his death-bed could hardly tell what profession he had followed. Harvard was democratic in its methods. It cultivated the spontaneity of its students. The rich and poor stood together...
...nine was prevented by bad weather from playing the two games that had been arranged and so has not yet had any chance to test its strength with rival teams. The days that gave pleasant weather were well employed by practice on the field. It is almost a month, However, before the first league game with Brown, so that there is abundant time for improvement in play, and, if the already backward season does not still further retard the progress of the nine, we may hope to see gratifying results by that time. The tennis and bicycle seasons have fairly...