Word: almost
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...collective excellence of the editors was such that mention of individuals is almost insulting to those not mentioned. But no story of the game would be complete without notice of the reversible versatility of Bishop, the Kansan whirlwind, who filled both positions of pitcher and catcher with the utmost nonchalance. In the final inning Captain Ingram reached third on errors for which the candidates were awarded ten points credit, and was brought home with the winning run by Rich's strike...
...University. Professor Baker has analyzed Shakspere's dramatic technique, and found in it a source from which to train successful dramatists. Professor Wendell has done a great deal for Shaksperean criticism; Professor Neilson's "Tudor Shakspere" is one of the most popular editions. Some courses treat Shakspere directly; almost all courses in literature have very much to say about him. Hence it is appropriate that this University, a Shaksperean stronghold, should commemorate in this manner...
...presentations of "Hamlet" in Sanders Theatre on April 24, 25, and 26, has arrived and is now being installed under the direction of Professor G. P. Baker '87 and Dean H. L. Warren of the School of Architecture. The stage is remarkable in that the actors will be almost completely surrounded by the "audience." On the left and right in boxes on the stage will be Elizabethan nobles, while the pit, or what is generally known as the floor, of Sanders Theatre will be occupied by Elizabethan spectators. A strip of "sky" has been painted along the top of Sanders...
...each other rapidly and fatally changing. To the quiet, religious young girl Chicago is a brutal nightmare; to the coarser-grained young man it is gloriously American, "the voice of the great old century we live in." To her his friends, their host and hostess, are vulgar and almost disgusting; to him they are fascinatingly alive. She breaks the engagement, but "puts a good face on it" till after dinner. America doesn't "pass by": it stays and does its deadly work...
...University crews, have succeeded at New London, but have failed to keep rowing interests in general alive and increasing. The policies of no two consecutive captains have been the same. The extent of control has depended very largely on the individual captain. Consequently rowing interests have fluctuated in years almost unbelievably...