Word: though
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Governor Boutwell said in part: The public speaker is an actor and a good stage appearance is always a great help to him. Though great success has been attained by men destitute of all the natural gifts, it has only come as the result of constant cultivation of their physical and intellectual development from their early youth. The young speaker should exercise, to expand his lungs and develop his physique. But above all he must acquire knowledge. To develop himself intellectually he must read widely, largely and fearlessly in every department of human inquiry...
...Though this volume can be only an imperfect token of the feeling entertained for Newell by the classes which have known him, it will yet be a means of fixing for future college generations an impression of the personality which the college has for years felt so deeply...
...Though the number of speakers was small the trial as a whole was encouraging. There was a marked attempt at rebuttal work and the majority of the speakers confined themselves to one or two points instead of endeavoring to cover the whole field in a five minute speech...
...more severe than usual on account of the southern trip which necessitates the early rounding out of the team and the choice of a nine. It is also the policy this year to start the men in hard and give them less work as the season advances. It is though that this southern trip will be one of the best means of selecting the nine early. All of the best men will be tested on this trip with the result that there will undoubtedly be a great change in the make-up of the team after the trip...
...candidates for short, Laughlin, substitute on the 'Varsity last year, and Pote, substitute catcher the year before seem to be the best men. Both are good, lively players, though by no means strong...