Word: somewhat
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Peabody introduced Dr. Lunn, saying his work of bringing together all denominations of Christians at Grindewald was a particularly interesting one to Harvard men who are familiar with the somewhat similar plan pursued with regard to the preachers at Appleton Chapel. Dr. Lunn spoke substantially as follows...
...plan in operation. By it the class is divided into three sections each of which is further subdivided into three divisions, the first of which contains the high-stand men, the other two being arranged on a purely alphabetical basis. While the method just adopted is somewhat of an experiment, and may in its turn be modified or discarded, the principle on which it is based - the recognition of scholarship to the fullest possible degree - would seem to point to its permanent adoption for the freshman, and its ultimate extension to the sophomore class...
...look for any great improvement in that direction. The daily practice in the cage is omitted on Saturday and the men who pitched last year are given very light work in order that they may not get stale before their real work begins. The new men are being worked somewhat harder in order to bring out what they really have in them...
...Sunday evening concert the programme will be of a more brilliant and popular nature, as a large orchestra, under the direction of Mr. T. Adamowski, the violinist and well known leader of the Promenade Concerts during the summer season, will assist and the orchestral work will partake somewhat of the nature of the popular concerts, an announcement which certainly will be heard with pleasure by all lovers of this class of music...
Yesterday afternoon the 'varsity crew again began active training after the Christmas recess. Both squads were somewhat short-handed, so little could be done. The first squad took a short run and the second squad rowed. It seems probable that the present policy of prescribing for the crew candidates long walks and runs on certain days instead of the usual practice on the rowing machines will be continued by the 'varsity coaches...