Word: almost
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Since you have felt at liberty to make these statements concerning our representatives, without taking the trouble to investigate the real condition of affairs, permit me to say, as a matter of simple justice to them, that they worked almost constantly upon the matter of the debate from the time of their selection till the morning of the day in which the debate took place. They devoted every moment of the Recess to this work; they worked to the full extent of their time and strength. If there is any adverse criticism to be passed upon them...
...offer the heartiest congratulations to the Freshmen on their victory in the class races. In the matter of form there was almost nothing to be desired, and this in itself is extraordinary in a freshman crew. The record that the oarsmen of Ninety-Nine made yesterday was a fine one and speaks well for the intercollegiate race in June...
...Harvard Lacrosse Team played a tie game with Johns Hopkins, Saturday, at Baltimore. Each side made two goals. The grounds were in terrible condition, being so muddy as to make a sure foot-hold almost impossible. Johns Hopkins proved to be strong in the defence and weak in the attack, while Harvard was weak in defence and strong in attack. The goals were all made in the second half...
...speakers in the Princeton debate last fall, to him in great part the success of this team was due. To him also more than probably any one else belongs the credit for the rise in debating at Yale. When he entered College, it was considered almost a "queer" to belong to one of the Unions, while now their membership rolls contain the names of many of the prominent undergraduates of all classes...
...Yale Law School, where he is now a member of the junior class, and of one of the school debating clubs. As an undergraduate he was a member of his Freshman Union, and later joining the Yale Union, he did much work for the college, which then passed almost unnoticed, as the debating "boom" had not yet commenced. But when it did come he had a good foundation waiting for it. He was vice-president in his junior year, being reelected to a second term of office in the middle of the year. He was one of the speakers...