Word: somewhat
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...years to fully as great advantage. All these courses contain a large element of poetry. Course 5, on the other hand, is exclusively prose, which it is found that many prefer, and forms an excellent introduction to Ancient Philosophy, studied in works which are models of prose style, rising somewhat in difficulty, and touching on various departments of metaphysics and ethics...
GREEK 5 is the least difficult course, and is intended for the average scholar. It corresponds to Latin 1. Greek 6 and 7 are of a higher grade, equivalent to Latin 2, 3, 5, and are intended to meet the wants of those who are somewhat more ambitious or proficient than the majority. Greek 6 has a historical tendency, and Greek 7 is decidedly philosophical and in this respect the complement of Latin...
...never has been, the right color of Harvard; accordingly the name, as applied to the paper, would be a mere vagary, or, worse, a solecism, in case another college should adopt magenta as its color. The general diffusion of the fact that crimson is Harvard's color will be somewhat difficult, and the difficulty would probably be increased if a paper existed at Harvard called the Magenta. The reasons that led the founders of the paper to choose Magenta as its name now dictate a change of that name to the Crimson. It was not the intrinsic value...
...very just complaint against the Trustees of the village of Ithaca. It appears that a number of roughs were in the habit of assembling to watch the base-ball and foot-ball games of the Cornell students. The language and demeanor of the roughs was naturally somewhat distasteful to the residents of the neighborhood, and the matter was brought before the Trustees of the village. The Trustees passed a vote to the effect that "it should be unlawful for any person or persons to play ball anywhere within the corporate limits of said village (Ithaca), except on the new fair...
...will carefully study this period by himself is expecting rather too much; indeed, to study it thoroughly without the help of an instructor would be, for most of us, exceedingly difficult, if not impossible. At the same time, a student of history not acquainted with this period would be somewhat in the condition of a man who had left algebra out of the study of mathematics...