Word: somewhat
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Both Wrightington and Dean spoke somewhat seriously about Harvard spirit in athletics, and also denied most emphatically the charge sometimes made that there has ever been favoritism shown in the selection of Harvard teams. Both men regretted that not enough interest is shown by the students in regard to the daily practice, and that some men who might be useful as candidates feel no sense of duty about coming out to do their share toward improving the teams. Both captains asked for a hearty support from the University and expressed their confidence of turning out winning teams if this were...
...June 3, besides the regular circuit races around New Haven. Through the efforts of the Athletic Association the individual expenses of the riders will be very small. The project of having a Yale bicycle meet early in May, similar to the Harvard races in June, has been discussed somewhat, but it is doubtful if this can be accomplished this year...
There is always a danger after a number of victories of becoming somewhat over-confident, and of relaxing in effort. This feeling is to be guarded against now that we have again been successful in debating. Another debate and probably one that will call for the very best skill that the University commands is still to come...
...poem is somewhat cosmical in character, and probably dates from extreme antiquity. In several parts it suggests the Book of Genesis. It is, so far as known, the most remarkable product of Babylonian imagination...
...memory of those whose names are inscribed on the tablets of the transept. The Corporation accepted this anonymous offer and appointed a committee to arrange the matter. Owing to the death of Mr. Brimmer, the chairman of this committee, to whom the designs were submitted, the work has been somewhat delayed. The window probably will not be completed for at least two years. The scaffolding now up around the window is merely for taking measurements...