Word: somewhat
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...varsity crew remained unchanged during the Easter vacation: Stroke, Hollister; 7, Fennessy; 6, Watriss; 5, R. H. Stevenson; 4, Shepard; 3, Damon; 2, Lewis; bow. Phelps. Phelps will probably continue to row bow until Capt. Bullard is able to begin rowing again. Lewis seems to have become somewhat of a fixture at No. 2. And it would indeed be strange if a man of his weight and experience in rowing should eventually prove too poor an oar to secure a place on the crew...
...crew will probably row in their new shell on Saturday, as it is now completed. This shell is of an entirely new model, shaped somewhat like a cigar, with a broad stern. This is to prevent the boat from settling at the stern, at the end of the stroke...
...ninety-five crew has been rowing in the shell for two days under the coaching of Davis, Purdon and Stackpole '95. The stroke has been modified somewhat of late. The general fault of the crew as a whole seems to be a tendency to rush the slide. Yesterday the order of the crew was: Stroke, Pierce; 7, Cameron; 6, Potter; 5, Manning; 4, Greene; 3, Pillsbury; 2, Capen; bow, Stevenson...
Colonel Winslow said that the players might find this method of batting somewhat awkward at first, but that after a few days practice they would become accustomed to it and then the good results would become evident...
...heads of the department. Were these men aware of the many specimens of outrageous word structure (it is nothing more) furnished by the entrance examination papers, they would change their opinion. Under present conditions, English A must be regarded as a necessity, though a very disagreeable one, and somewhat shameful. At once, then, the question arises whether the conditions might not be changed; whether boys might not in some way be taught to write English before they come to college. Reform in this direction has been begun. The most effective way of hastening it would be by greatly stiffening...