Word: scantness
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...members of the Senior class are, like the Class Day Committee, extremely sorry that the Committee of the Corporation has been misunderstood and in a number of communications unintentionally misrepresented. The Corporation Committee might justly feel that it has been treated with scant consideration, almost discourteously by the students...
...resulted in a well-earned victory for the juniors. The other two crews were about as closely matched as possible, and it was only by a magnificent spurt near the finish that the sophomores managed to cut down the senior's lead, and take second place by a scant half length. The race was on the whole one of the most exciting that has been rowed for several years, and the result was doubtful until the finish line had been crossed. All that was lacking to make it entirely successful was the absence of the freshman crew, which was made...
...Shakespeare's plays were first presented on the stage. Shakespeare himself played in it, taking the part of the Ghost. The character of Hamlet itself was first interpreted to our knowledge by Burbage, who could scarcely have been very pleasing, for we are told that he was fat and scant of breath. The next great Hamlets of the past that we know anything of are Betterton, Garrick and Kemble; but even though we have much to tell us how these actors looked and how they played their parts, we cannot get a very distinct impression of their impersonations. Actors...
...very even thing between the two. Clear water was not seen between the two boats from start to finish. Crew No. 2, however, always had the lead, and, although Crew No. 1 made a spurt at the end which yielded them a little. Crew 2 finished winners by a scant half length...
...editorials deal with the questions of A Western Overseer, the new gymnastic classes, the running up North Avenue in scant attire, and an open spring meeting (in the latter for which the author waxes humorous in his references to medals...