Word: somewhat
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Treasure," by Kenneth Brown, partakes somewhat of the nature of the author's story in the last number of the Advocate, in its strangeness of conception. It has for its theme the description of the thoughts of an old man whose mind is morbid from much reflection upon a previously committed murder...
...verse of the number is of a character less strong than usual, although both of the two poems are far from mediocre. "Two Ships" has much of the poetic in it and the simile of the poem is apt. The strength which it possesses is somewhat crude and several lines are marred by bad accentuation, a fault noticeable in the author's "Sonnet," published in the Advocate some weeks ago. "To L. M.," is not so good as some of the verse Mr. McCulloch has written but it is a pleasant fancy and its poetry mirrors the sentiments of many...
...Banjo Club played very well, although the use of banjourines entirely in place of banjos had a tendency to deaden the sound somewhat. They played the "Gladiator March" and the "Rover Galop" especially well, receiving an encore after each. The programme was about the same as that of most of the freshman clubs, the old songs, "Alikazander," "Three Glasses," "Courtship," "Mary, Mary," and "Piper Heidsick" forming the body of it. "We Meet Again Tonight" and "The Pope" were rather new songs and were sung very well. After the concert there was dancing until eleven o'clock...
Shortly before 8 o'clock A. J. Cumnock, as first marshal, introduced Jacob Schoen who spoke Lippard's "The Signing of the Constitution." The piece itself was somewhat too bom bastic for even an American audience...
...Reed, the next speaker, made a favorable impression. Though somewhat conventional, he spoke deliberately and avoided ranting...