Word: rather
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...communication printed in another column sheds some new light upon the much discussed library book problem. We have received and published so many complaints regarding the use of books or rather the abuse of the privileges offered in the use of them that the general opinion must have obtained that the students were an irresponsible set of mischievous school children, and also that the library management was very inadequate. While rare instances of abuse may have occurred, we feel sure that a grain of patience added to a grain of comprehension could be taken by the grumblers with good effect...
Four students passed their holidays at the Eagle Mountain House, Jackson, N. H. and explored Tuckerman's Ravine and Kearsarge Mountain. As the thermometer indicated 15 degrees below zero while they were there it seemed rather a good preparation for Artic exploration...
...playing of the chromatic runs, double stops, and artificial harmonics was perfection itself. A member of his delicate and chromatic runs, however, were lost to the auditor, being drowned by the din of the orchestra. The soloist richly deserved the encore he received. Dvorak's Rhapsody No. 1 is rather trivial in character and partakes somewhat of the characteristics of wild Scotch music. Considered as a light piece of music, its bold conception is admirable. Its principal motives were admirably brought out by the orchestra. The last number on the programme was Haydn's Oxford Symphony which was exceedingly delicately...
...difficulty in Ireland is not political but economic. At some time, the law question will have to be settled. If the land is to be brought up, England is better able to do it than Ireland is. The Irish members of Parliament have displayed ability in an obstructive rather than a constructive...
...Capt. Willard's room last night. A few of the members of last year's nine who are in college did not appear, although they will try for their old positions on the team and practice regularly in the gymnasium with the others. The exercise will be rather lighter this year than usual, consisting of hand-ball and chest-weights. The following men appeared: Wiestling, '87; H. Coolidge, '87; Holden, '88; Choate, '88; Henshaw, '89; Downer, '89; Morgan, '89; Clark, '89; Young, '89; Bingham, '89; Mumford, '90; Slade, '90; Smith, '90; Bigelow...