Word: somewhat
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...notions of what these institutions stand for and the quality of their human product. Harvard for a number of years, has been thought of definitely as a university not exactly bloodless, but at least less boisterous than some of its neighbors. It has been regarded as cloistral, its vigor somewhat stifled by--er--snobbishness...
Advance "dope" is of little value in a short baseball series where the teams are anywhere near evenly matched. This is especially true where the rivalry is as keen and the tension as high as in a Harvard-Yale contest. In the present season both nines have been handicapped somewhat in their development; Harvard, by the loss of Captain Ayres through sickness, Yale, by the ineligibility of Hanes. Moreover, the University was forced to swap horses in the middle of the stream, so to speak, through Dr. Sexton's resignation as coach...
...first misfortune which befell the team was the loss of Captain Ayres, due to illness, a loss which finally resulted in a thorough reorganization of the nine. After three somewhat ragged preliminaries, the team took a southern trip on which it broke even, and on returning to Cambridge dropped a game to Bates. At that time the bright prospects seemed to have taken a new turn. Reed's knee was hampering his work at short, the problem at third was unsolved, and the pitching staff had failed to live up to expectations. However, the Bates game was the turning point...
...University second baseman, is probably superior to Milburn. Throughout the entire season to he has played a remarkable fielding game and has proven a marked ability to "get on." Again, Nash excells Bush at first, for the latter has a weak record at the bat, and has been somewhat erratic in the field...
Plans for a Technology clubhouse, somewhat similar to the Union, to be erected in memory of F. A. Walker, who was president of the Institute for 15 years, were approved at the last meeting of the Alumni Council of Technology. The memorial will be located east of the educational group of buildings on the shore of the Charles River Basin. A fund of $100,000 has been subscribed, and it is expected that the plans will be carried out in all details...