Word: almost
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...difficult, and in fact almost impossible, to predict the winners in the different events. A careful comparison of the teams of the different colleges indicates that Yale will probably win first place, with Harvard second and Pennsylvania third...
...distance to see, and the record may be broken in this event. Kilpatrick of Union won last year, and has shown great improvement since. The chances are that he will beat Hollister of Harvard, but the latter ran a wonderfully fast race in the Harvard-Yale games and has almost as good a chance to win as Kilpatrick. Orton of Pennsylvania is likely to take third place...
...started and the first copy has just been published. The editor-in-chief is John Seymour Wood and his associates are Walter Camp and Edward S. Martin. This number contains contributions from Henry E. Howland, Charles Stewart Davidson and Mrs. Todd of Amherst. The magazine is to be devoted almost entirely to college interests and there will be no illustrations, a novelty in magazine work which is enforced by considerations of economy. The advisory board consists of the following men: Joseph H. Choate, Chauncey M. Depew, J. Frederick Kernochan, Buchanan Winthrop, John E. Parsons, Robert Grout, Henry Cabot Lodge, Austin...
...letters A, B, C, D, and E, and of substituting for it a broader division into three general grades. The change would be for the better, just as formerly the change from per cent. marking was doubtless an improvement. In estimating a student's work it is almost impossible to draw very fine distinctions between the different grades. When it comes to a variation of a few per cent., the absurdity of attempting it is apparent; and the difficulty of that form of estimate extends, though in a less degree, to the system of marking by letters...
...crew, but this was neutralized by the fact that the juniors had the most protected course next the wall. The seniors rowed in the roughest water on the outside of the other two crews, and surprised everyone by their excellent showing. They succeeded in leading the '97 boat until almost at the finish, and in all probability would have won if their men had been in the best of condition. Youngman who took Greene's place had only rowed in the boat a few times before, and although he pulled strongly, his stroke was quite different from the rest...