Word: rarely
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...debate on the whole was very encouraging. The question was kept well. in hand and the speakers avoided going into numerous generaltiies-a virtue rare in underclass debates. Both sides rebutted well, the Sophomores the better of the two. The Freshmen, however, excelled in form...
...College Library, an interesting manuscript receipt given in 1773 by John Singleton Copley, for fifty-six pounds paid him for the portrait of Nicholas Boylston which is now hanging in Memorial Hall. The document was presented to the College by Mr. J. H. Moriarty of Boston. Some rare Americana of colonial times-about thirty volumes in all-were bought at the sale of the Deane library in March. Most of them treat of Colonial history...
...contrast to Harvard's style of play, the Andover team got into the game in rare form, displaying an unusual amount of vim and dash. The 'Varsity, on the other hand, exhibited decided listlessness. They secured but four hits to Andover's six, and for some unaccountable reason seemed entirely under the control of the Andover pitchers. Attempts at sacrifice hits were nearly always complete failures, and instead of hitting the ball at the proper time, the men repeatedly waited for bases on balls, which to be sure were in many cases forthcoming. In fielding, the team exhibited the same...
...Dreams," by Jarvis Keiley '99, is in some ways the most interesting of the undergraduate contributions. It begins with a description which is vivid and gives an atmosphere, and which further possesses a quality most rare in descriptions,- that of swiftness. But the swiftness is not maintained, and after this promising beginning the story declines unaccountably but yet perceptibly toward the common-place. The description of DaVinci's "La Gioconda by W. C. Arensberg 1900, is a remarkably subtle and sure bit of analytic character drawing. In spite of its inverted sentences a "Paragraph from Hawailan History...
...Bret Harte. Little Brown and Co.'s New and Elegant Ed. of Francis Parkman, 20 vol., 120 ill. by Goupil and Co., Paris. All Eds. of the Standard Authors from $12 to $100 (Eds. de Luxe); Superb Ed. of the Arabian Nights (unexpurgated), 15 vol.- very rare. Standard Dictionary and Encyclopaedia Brittanica...