Word: somewhat
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...University swimming team, somewhat crippled by sickness, will meet Amherst in the Cambridge Y. M. C. A. tank this evening at 8 o'clock. The following men will compete: W. J. Ball '13, T. Buel '13, J. J. Greenough '15, R. R. Hitchcock, Jr., '14, M. J. Logan '15, D. R. Sigourney '15, and J. Wentworth...
...drew first blood when Ordway scored the only goal of the first half on a pretty bit of combination play. There was, however, very little team-work in evidence during the evening, and the game soon resolved itself into a shinny match, with scrimmages around the goals. Harvard had somewhat the better of the argument, making numerous desperate assaults on Yale's cage, and it was only the excellent defensive playing on the part of Shiller that kept the score down to three...
...easily explained. True, the public cannot know these facts, but the writer of your communication could if he would. And the question of Harvard and the Press has been discussed at length; it is not germane to the present question, viz that of placing a false construction on the somewhat thoughtless and wholly non-signifying, as far as their opinions are concerned, outbreaks of noise by the restless undergraduate by men who should have more regard for fact. As well construe the present vogue for felt hats as a sign that "Harvard adopts the Roosevelt...
...team has been hampered all season by lack of ice for practice. A few sessions of practice in the Arena have aided somewhat, but for the most part they have had to depend on outdoor ice, and the open winter has interfered seriously with their development. In spite of this disadvantage, however, the Freshman seven has developed some effective team-play and has made a good showing in the games played...
...bill has recently been passed by the United States Senate and is now awaiting the action of the House of Representatives which provides for the formation of an American Academy of Arts and Letters. The society will consist of 50 life members, and will be modeled somewhat after the famous French body. Its purpose is declared to be "the furtherance of the interests of literature and the fine arts." It aims "to make its own bylaws and regulations, fill vacancies, provide for the election of domestic, foreign or honorary associate members, and to receive devises, donations, and bequests and reinvest...