Word: almost
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...athletic evils. The most ardent partisan of intercollegiate sport is forced to admit that under present conditions, abuses do exist, and that they are abuses very difficult to eradicate. The intensity of public interest, and the resulting fierceness of competition form an influence in favor of excess which is almost irresistible...
...success of the union this year is no less than in former years. The membership is about four hundred, and the number of instructors and officers from Harvard is almost sixty. Attendance at classes has been slightly better than usual, and the quality of instruction has improved. In other respects no vital changes have occurred. P. M. Tucker '99, has recently been elected chairman of the lecture committee to arrange lectures for the Wednesday evening meetings...
...experience of club managers has always been that the restaurant is the most difficult department to maintain, and that it is almost always a source of loss. By such a union as is proposed above, the cost of service would be greatly diminished, and the only unprofitable department would be eliminated; while the dining hall management could do the larger business to greater advantage than a smaller...
Blair Hall, the new dormitory, will be ready for occupancy by the beginning of next term. The building will accommodate about one hundred men. The rooms are almost entirely arranged ensuite. Steam heat will be used in the hall-ways, with fire places in every room...
...stood well in his class, and graduated with honor. At Exeter those same qualities which made him so popular with us endeared him to his school mates, and those of them who entered college with him followed him throughout his course with admiration, and with a love which was almost veneration...