Word: somewhat
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...gain or a loss. Harvard's advantage of superior weight was throughout most of the game offset by West Point's quicker starting, and harder and surer tackling. The superiority of the University team in the game as a whole came through a slight advantage in kicking, somewhat better generalship, and quickness to profit by West Point's fumbles...
...stationary seats. No attempt has as yet been made to grade the men. There will be no practice today, but on Monday a slight cut will be made in the squad, and the remainder will commence work on the river in barges. The average weight of the squad is somewhat less than that of the Freshman squad last fall...
...that the first number of the Advocate is not of its usual excellence; it contains, however, two poems which merit praise. "Across the Centuries" has unusual charms of melody, and "The Boy and the World" is inspiring. The third poem, "Autumn Leaves in June," is somewhat obscure...
Bishop Mackay-Smith then spoke on "The East." Its problems he said, were much the same as those of the rest of the country, but somewhat harder owing to the fact that here the separation between man and man socially is greater than in other parts of the country, and whatever hinders the approach of one man's heart to another's, tends to retard Christian civilization. A second tendency which adds to the difficulty of problems in the East is the mad rush of city life which is more acute here than in the West. A third problem...
...practice of the University football squad yesterday afternoon was marked by energetic playing and was extremely encouraging. The absence of Captain Hurley, Oveson, Brill, Montgomery and Guild from the line-up, however, owing to slight injuries, somewhat weakened the opposing teams. The most noticeably good work in the scrimmage was done by Nichols, who played a fast, aggressive game at left halfback on the first. Nesmith, who played at right half, was slow in starting, and failed to choose his holes well when running with the ball. R. P. Kernan '03 coached the punters, giving special attention to Nichols...