Word: somewhat
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...games held under the auspices of the Harvard Athletic Association last Saturday were good, but can be by no means compared to last year's meeting. A heavy shower which fell at two o'clock somewhat dampened the ardor of the many spectators who had begun to gather. At half past two the benches were filled with spectators,-many ladies among them, who braved the two showers which fell during the progress of the games and remained until the end. The events were held in the following order...
...question of abolishing the somewhat ancient custom of printing the quinquennial catalogue of the university in Latin, which has been agitated for some time, has recently received considerable discussion in the daily papers. The general opinion seems to be that the change is sure to come, sooner or later, and that Harvard should not miss the opportunity of taking the lead among the colleges in introducing this innovation. Some even go so far as to take exceptions to the implication that the catalogue of men who have received degrees from Harvard is printed in Latin, and assert that the language...
...crew itself, which presents a splendid appearance. Eton has a thousand students, and, as we might expect, the picked eight from so large a school is a strong crew. Each building or dormitory has a crew, and there occurs every year a race between these representative crews which corresponds somewhat to the Harvard class races. There are also at Eton many "scrub" crews, and boating is perhaps the most popular of all the sports. The boating men have a trainer appointed and paid like any other master of the school, and, in fact, the school government encourages the students...
...would seem as though the superintendent of buildings, or whoever may be responsible, might have the ground around the Jefferson Physical Labratory cleared up somewhat before any more games or sports take place. As the outside of this building is entirely finished, we fail to see the need of keeping the piles of boards, sand and other debris which now form such pleasing surroundings for the new building. The north side of the building, towards the new track, especially needs some improvement. As the visitors to the ball games are obliged to pass by and over part of this disorder...
...than in any previous year and are consequently rowing better. The freshmen have been in training since October; the sophomores and juniors, since December; and the seniors, since January. Until March all the crews were rowing the same stroke, but upon taking to the water, the seniors adopted a somewhat different one, which has been previously explained. They had soon learned it to perfection and were in racing condition two weeks ago, at the time of their race with the university crew. Since then, the other crews have also made rapid improvement, so that no one crew can be called...