Word: almost
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...eleven lined up against Cambridge High and Latin for two fifteen minute halves yesterday afternoon. The '97 team was much the heavier and went through her opponent's line almost at will. Seasongood, one of '97's best backs, was injured in the foot and will be unable to play for a few days...
...much-needed complaint against the wretched ventilation in our lecture and recitation rooms. I have, however, special reference to Lower Massachusetts during History 13 today. During the entire hour every window-and these windows are the only means of ventilation-was tightly closed, causing the air to be almost stifling. This is not only very unhealthy but it makes good attention and note-taking impossible...
Years ago the art of reading aloud was much practiced. Now it is almost absolete, simply because the opportunity of learning it is granted so rarely. The value of these classes is very great. The pupil learns how to stand and how to use his voice, two of the most necessary accomplishments of the speaker. They are also extremely useful as a preparation for English...
...certainly not encouraging from a Harvard standpoint. During the second half the team showed a lamentable weakness in defensive play and had great difficulty in preventing Brown from scoring. Mills and Graydon were the weakest points in the line, and through them the Brown halfbacks gained their distance almost every time. Brown had a number of very effective tricks which gave long gains. It must be remembered, however, that during this half Harvard made no effort to play an offensive game, and always punted as soon as she secured the ball, without endeavoring to gain any ground by rushing...
...screen, the pedimental sculptures of the temple of Zeus, the beautiful statue of Victory by Paeonius, and that masterpiece of Greek sculpture, the Hermes of Praxiteles. Besides these the museum which the Greek government has erected at Olympia contains inscriptions, articles of bronze, and terra cottas in almost bewildering number. Professor Dorpfeld exhibited at the close of his lecture panoramic views of the ruins, which showed clearly their present condition, and enabled his audience to picture to themselves in imagination the original aspect of this ancient seat of religious worship...