Word: somewhat
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Phillips Brooks House calls rarely for men to carry on its social service, and the fact that about 250 men are now actively engaged in this work is therefore somewhat significant. It means that those who have had experience in this service find it is worth their while. The work of Phillips Brooks House, however, is so extended that the men who are engaged in it do not begin to cover the field. Another 250 students could be employed to great advantage, and there is an immediate need for at least 50 more...
...friend and colleague he was sincere and devoted, always ready to assume his share or even more than his share of the work, sympathetic to the last degree, and, though at times in manner somewhat brusque, at heart ever the kindest and gentlest of companions. His death is a serious loss to the University
...fitting that the distribution of articles received in this way should be restricted almost wholly to this vicinity. There is frequent complaint that Harvard is an economic burden to Cambridge, but the burden may be somewhat lightened if the University through Phillips Brooks House is able to make substantial additions to the relief of the poor who otherwise would fall to the care of the municipality...
...somewhat stirring and encouraging experience to see a demonstration of the fact that there is nothing so contagious as enthusiasm. In the last three or four years, and springing from the enthusiasm and energy of one man, there has developed at Harvard an extraordinary and wide-spread interest in the drama, an interest of real value, since it has led to accomplishment. Of this interest the current Monthly is primarily an expression. It contains three essays on matters connected with contemporary drama: a criticism of Mr. W. V. Moody's "The Faith Healer," a condemnation of Mr. Hagedorn...
...only objections to this new arrangement are that it cuts down somewhat the number accommodated by these buildings, and that for those who apply for a double suite for two the cost will be exactly double what it would be with two men to each room. Neither of these objections, however, is as serious as it seems, for, as a general thing, at least one-third of the rooms in Hollis and Stoughton are occupied by one man only, so that the number accommodated will by no means be cut in half; and as to the expense, men need...