Word: almost
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...college unnecessary, but the latter will probably not be built until certain funds which have been nominally bestowed are really available for use. The plans for this new college dormitory are therefore in an undeveloped state; but the great need of a new building makes it almost certain that one will be erected as soon as possible...
...other day, going to see John Harvard's grave in the old cemetery at Charlestown, I found the inscriptions on the monument almost. completely worn away by the weather. The one on the eastern side was entirely illegible and it was only with the help of favoring shadows that, after many tribulations, I deciphered the words on the western side. The monument was erected by the graduates of 1828 in honor of the founder of their beloved University. Will not the undergraduates of 1891 see to it that the inscriptions are kept in good condition? The expense would be comparatively...
DANCING.- Mr. Papanti has almost recovered from his severe iilness and will resume his teaching the dancing class next Tuesday, April 21st. Any one wishing private lessons can address him Arlington...
Greatly stimulated by recent developments, research has almost become a universal test of professorship, for the teachers who do not stimulate their students to research are not likely to be successful in the lower parts of their subjects. especially in the scientific studies...
...almost incredible piece of news meets the students this morning. Adelbert Shaw, the great, strong athlete of the freshman class, was drowned while rowing on the river Monday afternoon. The story of the accident is a very uncertain one, and can at best only be surmised. Shaw went down to the boat house with the rest of the crew Monday afternoon, and as the barge was full Captain Perkins decided to let him go out in a single, first making sure that he could manage it, and that he knew how to swim. The crew rowed down to the basin...