Word: somewhat
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...scrubs into their most important, and what promises to be their hardest, game of the year today, after they have spent a season helping the University squad get into condition for games by putting on the plays of opposing teams. Their development as an eleven has been hindered somewhat in this way, but their play against three outside teams, Tufts Seconds, St. Anselm's, and Brown Freshmen, all of whom they held scoreless, has shown them to possess power...
...fancy supper will be served to guests somewhat after midnight, at which time the various entertainments will be presented...
...King Alfgar dreams of a witch. He sacrifices his kingdom to wander up and down the land in search of her, in which occupation he grows old. In the end he marries the witch, is rejuvenated, dies. To his publisher Robert M. McBride. Mr. Cabell dedicates "this brief and somewhat tragic tale, to commemorate our long and rather comical association...
...Hollywood Revue", at the University for four days, easily takes a place among the best screen musical shows, in spite of a somewhat tiresome manner of presentation that involves letting the curtain fall every five minutes. But this straight revue method fortunately prevents any attempt to graft the customary inane plot on the picture. The individual scenes are introduced by Jack Benny and Conrad Nagel, who for the most part are successful in making this barren role humorous. The acts themselves are excellent, with the exception of a peculiarly irritating sob-ballad by Charles King...
This lament of Mr. Snedder is somewhat a propose in consideration of the fact that in many colleges the educational atmosphere is effectively diffused under the pressure of extra-curricular functions. However, his desire to concentrate the scope of the student, especially that of men interested in pre-professional work falls very short of helping the situation. Under the present conditions the efforts of most college men are allowed to follow one subject to the exclusion of many others that undoubtedly would be a broadening influence. The loss like a professional school the college remains, the more chance there...