Word: thinly
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Pond a small section, about one-hundred yards square, which had refrozen since the ice was cut, was in good condition yesterday afternoon. Any ice that may have formed after more recent cutting would probably be too thin for safety...
...Boston Park commission last night announced good skating at the following places: Franklin Field, Roslindale, Billing's Field (West Roxbury), Columbus Avenue Play Grounds, and the North Brighton Play Grounds, on Western avenue, near Soldiers Field. Jamaica Pond is being cleared of snow, though the ice is still thin in some places. If cold weather continues the pond may be opened to the public tomorrow...
...seems to me timely and perhaps necessary. The principal objection to wearing them is that they are said to be uncomfortably warm. This objection would not hold if we wore them without coats or vests beneath them. The material of which the gowns are made is loosely woven and thin, so that the gentle spring breezes can blow through it with a good deal less effort than an ordinary coat requires...
Very different is Richard Edwards's storiette, entitled "Beans." In it there is dash and movement, but no plot, and only half-sketched people. "Peace on Earth, Good Will Toward Men," is rather amusing, but decidedly thin. "Mademoiselle Lesperance," by Witter Bynner '02, and "A Camp Fire Yarn," are short sketches. A poem, entitled "Ambition." by A. C. White '02, verses on "Seadown" and "Cras Ingens Iterabimus Aequor," printed anonymously, and two book reviews complete the number...
...double page centre picture, representing the new skating rink on Soldiers Field, expresses quite happily the feelings of indignant season ticket holders. A long story entitled "Dicky Bird, Yale Man," just fails of being very good indeed. It is cleverly imagined and skillfully written. But it is much too thin and vague to be appreciated by undergraduate readers...