Word: somewhat
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...hard luck hit the University camp today when C. W. Greenough '19 was forced to go home for the rest of the season with tonsilitis. J. F. Linder '19, who also left a few days ago because of sickness, is not expected back, and these two absences cause somewhat of a gloom over the Freshmen...
...buildings to be dedicated this morning form the most important group of structures devoted to technical education in the world. The holdings of the institute on the esplanade in Cambridge include 50 acres. The educational buildings now finished occupy a plot of 12 acres with somewhat more reserved for extensions to these structures. There are reserved for student uses somewhat more than 25 acres. The athletic field, said by experts to be the best in the country, has been in use for a year...
...progress in meteorology which has made possible the establishment of such a station as that on Blue Hill, Professor McAdie tells of the faithful work of Professor Rotch, founder of the observatory, whose name is now attached to the professorial chair occupied by Professor McAdie. Samuel Gilman, always a somewhat obscure though memorable figure, is described by Mr. H. W. Foote '97. The article includes an account of the ante-bellum relations of Harvard and the South, where Dr. Gilman eventually went to live. He was the author of "Fair Harvard" and a poet of some contemporary reputation. He studied...
...extent that it succeeds, it is likely to weaken the college. In the second place, it begins professional or technical work at too early a period, whereas the whole tendency of recent development in the United States is to relegate the professional or technical education to a somewhat later stage. The change that has been going on during the last few years in the Engineering Schools and other Schools of Applied Science affords ample evidence of this tendency. What is needed in this country is a broad foundation for the technical or professional class, and the School of Business needs...
Only 500 copies of the Album have been printed, and as the class numbers nearly 700--626 of whom are represented in the Album--those desiring books should purchase them at once. The Committee has been delayed somewhat by the difficulty of securing adequate binding, but has secured a high grade of leathers for the purpose. On account of the delay, however, the committee hopes for a prompt sale, and if members of the class evince an ability to take care of the entire 500 copies, no sales will be made to newspapers or outside organizations...