Word: almost
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...first of the series of readings and lectures to be given by the Cantabrigia Club for the benefit of the Radcliffe Scholarship fund was held last night in Sanders Theatre. The audience though large showed an almost ludicrous want of humor, preferring to read sentiment and pathos into Mr. Hawkins's selections, rather than to laugh at the delicate and delightful wit which makes them so charming. Even two selections from the "Dolly Dialogues" did not quicken the audience entirely. This was the more strange considering that Mr. Hawkins read well and that all but one of his selections were...
...Rodgers was just recovering from an attack of typhoid fever. Now, however, with two weeks' work to look back upon, the prospects for a good team are decidedly encouraging. A very large number of new men have come out and the majority of them play a fast, lively game. Almost every position on the team is at present filled by a new man, and this new material puts all the life it can into every play...
...Saulles and Stoddard are at present playing at quarter. Chamberlin, last year's centre, is being played at half-back and has so far done excellent work in that position. The other candidates are Kiefer, Corwin, Hine and Benjamin, the acting captain. At full-back, McBride seems to be almost a fixture...
Donald and Bouve were both used to great advantage in rushing the ball. Cabot ran well, gaining in almost every instance. The double pass was again used, and though it was by this play that Dibblee made his long run, in general it seems to be an ineffective play if used against a strong team...
There is a fact connected with this fall's work in rowing which is of considerable interest to any one familiar with Harvard boating last year. The members of last spring's Weld crew, are, almost without exception, rowing with the 'Varsity squad. They are of course still far from being finished oarsmen, but they have been rewarded for their steady training in the scrub crew, by being given the opportunity to profit by 'Varsity coaching. It is even possible that some of them may row on the 'Varsity in the spring...