Word: almost
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...same event at the winter meeting with no difficulty at all. To make an interesting competition he ought to be liberally handicapped Other events in which the circumstances are similar are putting the shot and the fence vault. If handicaps were offered they could be extended to almost all the events of the open meeting-fence vault, sole vaults, running and standing high jumps; running high kick, and rope climbing. We should not advocate offering handicaps if there were a prospect of enough entries by Harvard men to make the meeting interesting, but present indications point to the contrary. Unless...
...several duchies were gained without any decision being made as to whom they should finally belong, but here Bismarck showed his devotedness to the idea that it was lawful to take what he was strong enough to seize; for, when Austria had been conquered he took possession of them almost by force...
...legs properly in a few weeks. It is a matter of months if the men learn to kick out their slides. To be on the safe side, Mr. Keyes will teach the men at first to hold the slide at the beginning. After the men have learned almost every other thing that will be expected of them, they will be coached on leg work as the true source of speed...
...remonstrance have been publicly written, but no result has been apparent. When sifted to the bottom much of the objection to tug-of-war seems to be in the manner of training. The candidates have been in the habit of preparing themselves by practice pulls which are in reality almost as much of a strain as the actual contests. Instead of this the men ought to undertake a regular system of exercise, just as much as runners or jumpers and, as we understand, this was the method of training proposed by the H. A. A. for this year. With such...
...would be a great misfortune to let what little class spirit now exists at Harvard die out. But to slight the class dinner would be to drive the feeling of class fellowship from its strongest and almost only hold. Of the enjoyment of the dinner it is not necessary to speak. Every man will be far more than repaid for attending, and should promptly make up his mind to go, and should sign as soon as he has decided...