Word: almost
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...philanthropic work. The percentage is gratifyingly large, but there is no reason why it should not be one to four instead of one to eight. The committee is able to furnish an abundance of opportunities for philanthropic work, in such a variety in its character, time and place that almost every student could find something that he would be able...
Newell played right tackle for Newton and broke through the Harvard line almost at will. He was several times caught offside, however, and as a result Newton was heavily penalized...
...Tiryns, Orchomenos, and in Crete; and, after Schliemann's death, returned to complete the work at Troy. His most important work after this has been in Greece, especially in and around Athens. As a result of his researches the buildings of the Acropolis appear to the minds's eye almost in their original splendor...
...clubs carry on the work alone. The greater responsibility rests upon the individuals in the student body. It is they who must arouse a live interest in debating and make the work of the debating clubs effective by attending their meetings and speaking at every opportunity. For in almost nothing else does continued practice count for so much as in public speaking. Repeated appearances before audiences and long practice in thinking rapidly and clearly while standing before them will make a forcible speaker of one who seems to have but ordinary ability in speaking...
Yesterday afternoon the 'Varsity football squad went through their usual practice of breaking through and falling on the ball in a most spirited manner. The line-up of the first eleven was almost the same as that in the Trinity game, with the exception that Donald and Haughton were placed at tackles, and Bouve took Norton Shaw's place at left guard. During the preliminary practice, Cochrane injured his right knee, while tackling the dummy. This injury will probably lay him up for a week...