Word: almost
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Inside the volume there is almost as little change as outside. The clubs have been all grouped together, which makes the list much more convenient for purposes of reference. After the list of students there appears this year, for the first time, a summary list of the states drawn from by the freshman class, and a summary showing the number of students in the different departments of the University for the past three years. The list of college rooms and their occupants is much more complete than that of last year, and now includes all the large dormitories...
...night went to prove conclusively that the clubs this year have attained a degree of excellence rarely, if ever, reached in former years. In every way the work of the clubs was excellent. The audience was thoroughly in sympathy with the performers and showed their appreciation by generous applause. Almost every number was encored and some were called for two or three times. A word should be also said in regard to the careful management of the concert and dance, which did away with the features which in former years may have proved at all objectionable...
...publishing the list of the mid year examinations we wish to emphasize the fact that the list is only provisional, and that corrections will almost surely be made. The corrected list will be published about the middle of January...
...rules place the control of the House almost exclusively in the hands of one man; McMillin in Cong. Record, vol. 2, App. p. 25; - (a) They injure Congress as a deliberative body; - (b) They enable the speaker to declare bill passed when the rolls show the contrary; Nation, Feb. 13, p. 124; - (c) They make it possible to "railroad" bills through Congress...
...building has cost so far about $7,000, and almost as much more will be needed before the shop can be fully equipped. The shop will only be partly used this year, but will be ready for use by next October. It is not exactly known now where the power for the shop is to come from, as the city has withdrawn the permission it gave allowing the power to be brought across the street, and the gentlemen who offered money for a plant to light the yard and public buildings have also withdrawn their offer...