Word: somewhat
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...present a student can only gain a more intimate knowledge of the philosophical course at the expense of considerable time and trouble. A pamphlet similar to that issued by the Natural History department, for example, could not fail to interest many in a department which is at present somewhat exclusive. A concise explanation of the purposed work of each course would lay more stress on the work of the department as a whole than can at present be expected...
...made of Mr. Hougnton's style. Many of his lines are very striking. But there is a peculiar introspective tendency here discernable which is calculated to inspire an interest in the writer's philosophy. A critical essay by Mr. Fullerton, on Principal Shairp, is a uniform, well digested, though somewhat rambling, review of his life and thoughts. While the writer, perhaps, ranks the author of "Kilmahoe" too high among his contemporaries, the paper on the whole is calm and gives evidence of interest...
Though the extract from the Boston Transcript which we print on another page may be somewhat overdrawn, yet it cannot be denied that it contains a pretty accurate portrait of many a character to be met in college society. Whether the "clever" man be a desirable product of college education or not, it must be admitted that he is a constantly increasing quantity in our midst. But, after all, if all possessors of a degree cannot be profound, it is much better that some of them should be only "clever," rather than that the ranks of our alumni should...
...Advocate" has slowly changed, by giving less space to current events, leaving such things to the daily paper. It also prints fewer editorials; for the CRIMSON treats ordinary college matters, and the only thing for the "Advocate" to do in this line is to take time to consider them somewhat more thoughtfully and carefully than is possible for the CRIMSON. Then, too, the "Advocate" is devoting itself more to short stories, and work of a similar nature. Yet even now it is often like the "Lampoon," more especially in its verse...
...correspondent very justly calls attention to the study of English Literature here. We had, in fact, meant to take up this very subject as a continuation of our previous discussion on the department of English composition. Accordingly, we are glad to find that the topic is one of somewhat more than passing interest to the college at large...