Word: somewhat
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...know, and to feel that he need know nothing else . . . The close relation with the tutor, and the operation side by side of the two sets of teachers, promote independence and a spirit of inquiry. If the tutor is the right kind of man, he also occupies somewhat the role of an older brother, when such a role is in place, helps the student solve the problems of college life and even, sometimes, of love affairs. The aim is to make the relation of tutor and tutored informal, human, and genial. While the former normally has an office in which...
...sure because I haven't seen the Princeton boys play. But from the way the Lampoon has beaten the CRIMSON ever since I've been around here it looks as though the Princetonian ought to win. (Ed. note: The worthy Mt. Auburn Street mentor has obviously become somewhat confused here in his statistics...
Tomorrow the Crimson oarsmen will have their final pre-race test over the Basin course. Last Saturday the second crew beat the first but the heavy University shell should regain its former status tomorrow. On Saturday three men were in new positions, and the crew never settled down, being somewhat out of time at the finish. The second crew is steadily improving and should give the Annapolis "jayvees" a great battle. The Navy seconds beat Pennsylvania by two lengths last Saturday, while the Red and Blue University eight was trailing by five lengths. A victory for the Watts stroked shell...
Another situation included in the subject is the subtler, if somewhat less pressing, problem in the Philippine Islands, where some day, according to terrorists, expanding Japan will come to grips with America, unless, the latter withdraws. All this without taking into account the temper of the natives themselves, who have evinced an understandable desire for self-government...
...Shakespeare's plays," he continued, "The Taming of the Shrew,' with its broad comedy and somewhat coarse wit, should lend itself best to presentation in modern dress. With this alteration, however, the psychology of the actors must completely change, for instead of acting in sweeping gestures and self conscious style which is always necessary in costume plays the players will have to change to the modern style of repression in which their actions must be cloaked behind a carefully cultivated finesse...