Word: somewhat
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...satisfied with two full weeks, from December 20 to January 2, inclusive; this would allow three Sunday's making 15 days in all. Only three more days of actual work would be omitted,--two hours for some courses, and one hour for others. And no one would murmur at somewhat increased assignments to make up the loss...
...transportation to and from France, their own uniforms and their incidental expenses, which need not amount to more than $10 or $15 per month, and the aggregate expenditure for four months, including transportation both ways, uniform, and incidentals, can be very comfortably met by $300, or even by a somewhat smaller...
...former club house of the Speakers' Club was at 36 Quincy street. The new quarters at 39 Holyoke street, while somewhat smaller, are much more adapted to the needs of the club. The club; which aims "to increase interest and efficiency in oral expression and to discover and develop representative opinion concerning current problems," is composed of undergraduates and graduates. The open University Forums are under the management of its Executive Committee. An annual extemporaneous speaking contest is held by the club for a prize each spring. Fortnightly dinners followed by discussion alternating with fortnightly addresses by prominent...
...practical experience. Professional study leading to a man's career in life is, and ought to be, almost passionately absorbing in comparison with other subjects pursued at the same time. These are apt to be regarded as of lesser importance as outlying parts of the curriculum of the school somewhat arbitrarily forced upon the student, and not of direct value commensurate with the things needed in professional life. It is well-nigh impossible, for example, to persuade a student of law, medicine, or engineering that literature is for him a serious matter, on a par with his technical work. General...
...distinct advantage in pursuing their general studies before the professional ones. In short, there is much to be said for separating the work of college and professional schools. It follows also that the course in the college ought to cover a number of different subjects, together with a somewhat thorough study of one among them. What that one should be will vary with the personal aptitude of the student. In my own opinion, it is better, as a general rule, that it should not be too closely akin to the subject which will engross attention in the chief occupation...