Word: almost
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...spite of the storm the attendance at the Vesper service yesterday was almost as large as usual. The following selections were sung: "How Beautiful upon the Mountains," by R. A. Smith; "The King of Love My Shepherd Is," by Shelley; "O God, Who Hast Prepared," by A. R. Gaul. Number three was substituted for a solo by Mr. Langmaid, who was unable to be present...
...Cambridge at large. The Glee Club and Pierian Sodality, assisted by the newly organized Banjo Club, give their annual fall concert to-night. The performances of these two clubs, of which the college has good reason to be proud, have established their reputation in the musical sphere of Cambridge almost as firmly as the Symphony Orchestra's is fixed in Boston. The past successes of the Glee Club and Pierian Sodality, together with the talent which the members of this year undoubtedly possess, are sufficient guarantee for a delightful musical treat. We are glad to be relieved of the task...
Very interesting was the account of the evidences that the Christian religion was made fun of and its personages caricatured. Nero's golden house covered an area of almost one square mile and contained the greatest wonders of art and nature...
...will of the late benefactor of our University almost one-half of his estate is given to the college library. That it should have occurred to the minds of many of the students that now it is possible to light Gore Hall in the evening shows no mark of indecent haste. We shall not therefore consider that the question of lighting the library by means of the recent bequest is an unfit one for our columns...
...official averages of the base ball association cannot be very pleasant reading for Harvard men; for though Harvard stands by far the leader in the batting and almost, if not quite, a leader in the fielding averages; though she possesses the best individual players in the league, she did not win the championship which ought to have been hers. We shall always maintain that Harvard had the best nine in the league of 1886, and that nothing but a series of accidents lost her the championship; in support of this view the figures now published need only be referred...