Word: almost
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Within fifteen minutes after the doors were opened there was not an unreserved seat to be had. Long before the appointed hour a large and almost uncontrollable crowd had gathered in the street and had also filled the Meionaon where an overflow meeting was held which was addressed by Col. N. P. Hallowell. Col. W. W. Russell, of South Carolina and Dr. E. E. Hale...
...received complaints from various sources that the rooms in Holyoke House have not yet received proper attention, a fact which can be accounted for only by surmising that the authorities have considered that these rooms either are not exposed to the dangers of a great fire, or that the almost inaccessible iron fire escapes are a sufficient protection. It is impossible to understand why the men living in Holyoke House rooms situated three and four stories above the gound should be left only half protected against fire, while men living in other college buildings have efficient means provided them...
...admission tickets to M. Coquelin's lecture are almost all gone...
...real cause of the falling off in the number of players who used to appear every day, or whatever the cause may be, every one ought to remember that these days are the critical ones with our eleven, and that its success in the coming contests depends almost entirely on the practice it gets each day. We therefore urge all men to leave off as much as possible all motives except that of promoting the success of the university team and to come on the field in large numbers as formerly, with that one object in mind...
...coming through the piles, for the tide was too high to allow the boats to get under the bridge, No. 4's ontrigger was broken. This put '91 practically out of the race. The four crews got off together at the word of the starter. The seniors almost immediately forged ahead, closely followed by '90 and '92. The sophomores with only six men, were out of the race from the beginning. The crews kept their relative positions from start to finish, the race between '90 and '89 being very well contested. At the finish '89 was ahead with...