Word: somewhat
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Dixey was speaking of the very limited educational chances which had fallen to his lot. "Well," said Stetson, "if you had graduated at Harvard you might be getting as much as eight dollars a week now, weighing nails in a hardware store." From which it appears that John shares somewhat the sentiments of Horace Greeley regarding college graduates...
...York weekly, the first number of which has appeared, has the title of The Student and Statesman. It is to fill somewhat the same sphere occupied by The Nation. It will have a column devoted to college news, and the design is to make it, in some degree, a university paper...
...exceptionally strong batting team and the battery is strong. In regard to the improvements which are being made in the ball field, our correspondent says: "We intend to swing the diamond around toward the right, giving about forty feet additional room in left field but making right field somewhat rough. Ultimately we intend to level the entire field...
Concerning the prospects of the nine, our correspondent says: "Our prospects for this year, considered very good at first by base-ball men, were somewhat dimmed by the laws lately passed by the faculty forbidding the nine to play against professionals. This affects Princeton more seriously than Harvard, for the reason that there are no amateur nines here, and the leave of absence, which was lately cut down to four days is entirely consumed by college games, thus making it impossible to meet the amateur nines of New York and Philadelphia on their grounds. The alumni of New York, however...
...improvement during the next two weeks, as they have not yet been able to settle down to work with eight regular men, and the former have been rowing in a cranky shell. The juniors have been quietly confident of the race until Saturday, when the freshmen opened their eyes somewhat. Whether or not the latter can keep their spurt up for two miles, remains to be seen. Disinterested parties expect a close and interesting race, and have yet no unanimous opinion as to the winner, although the general verdict is that '83 will not be far from the front, while...