Word: rather
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Lamb. The sketch is copiously illustrated by quaint pictures of the city of Amsterdam and is told in that clear, pointed style characteristic of the well known authors. The second article is a chapter on Church History-the relationship of church and state in the United States. Thought rather a compiler subject, it is (?) into what the church constitutionally is, its rights and restrictions. A paper well worth reading by those fond of state history is : "Kentucky, Tennessee, Ohio-their admission into the Union." A short sketch of the political life of Daniel Webster is of more than passing moment...
About 500 people took advantage of the splendid weather and saw a good although rather one-sided game of foot-ball. The game was called at 3.30. Harvard had the ball at the upper end of the field with wind against them. Rushes by Harding, Wood and Sears brought the ball up the field when it was kicked over. Soon Harvard got the ball and Harding squirmed through and made the first touchdown. No goal. Score 4-0. In three minutes the second touchdown was made by Porter. Goal. Score 10-0. The ball was kicked out and Tech brought...
Tech played rather a weak game, the only noticeable feature of their work being the rattling tactics of an end rush...
...game called cricket which is well worth paying a little attention to. The Harvard cricket eleven made a record for itself last spring which deserves substantial recognition, inasmuch as it won every game of the spring series. It has unfortunately become the custom here at Harvard for men rather to look down upon this excellent sport and to say with a would-be-knowing air, "Pshaw, the cricket eleven never does anything!" Even were this assertion true-which it is not-whose fault is it? We would like to put the question, "What has ever been done among the students...
...Survival of the Fittest" is rather an ill chosen title for a story told with a great deal of life and spirit. The sketch of a man with ambition but "without backbone" has a good deal that is interesting, though it may well be questioned whether "invertebrate" ambition may be properly called ambition...