Word: rather
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...athletic teams, we desire to draw the attention of the freshman class to the fact that a debt is still hanging over the eleven. That a debt, small one though it is, should still exist at this late hour, strikes us as showing a fault of management rather than a refusal on the part of the class to remove it by subscription...
...Discovery of Yucatan" is a charmingly written sketch by Alice D. Le Plougeon. The writer's treatment of the subject is so natural and easy that one seems to be reading a story rather than a page of history. "The Historical Sketch of Christ Church, New York City," is an interesting paper by William J. Danes. Then follows "The Fundamental Principles of our Government," a sound and able treatment of the subject by Franklin A. Beecher...
College began to look rather empty yesterday. To-day one misses very many familiar faces. To-morrow will be lonesome...
Governor Foraker, while lately addressing a body of students. said: "I would rather be a sophomore in college than governor of Ohio.- Princetonian...
...verse "At Evening" is rather a commonplace production; "The New Year" is well rounded, but lacks strength and any noticeable beauty of thought. As for "Bits from the H. P. C. Play" they can hardly be excused even on the score of their being mere "padding" to fill up the number. While such versifying is very good for a song when the listeners won't hear the words in any way, it seems rather hard to expect anyone to enjoy reading them...