Word: vast
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...been fully determined, but will be provisionally announced within a short time. For the present all parts of the course will be given in the various departments of the University, but it is expect that the department will ultimately have the privilege of working in many of the vast forests in New England and the West, and much of the instruction will then be given in the field...
According to present indications the party will be landed at about 12 o'clock, and at this time the grand march and exploring expedition will take place about the Island under experienced guides--the object being to become thoroughly acquainted with the vast wildernesses on Misery before the refreshments are served...
...more ground than last year, but his hitting has fallen off considerably. Coburn had fair speed, but showed the poorest control of the three. This weakness together with the poor base-running, practically cost the West Point game. Behind the bat, R. P. Kernan caught very well, and showed vast improvement over his form of last year, while his throwing to base left nothing to be desired. Although he has improved in his batting, the fault of striking too hard was still conspicuous. In the Annapolis game, however, he succeeded in making two home runs and a three-base...
...objected to this interpretation, arguing that the consideration of the question should embrace only the trust as an actual condition of the present. The Juniors then attempted to prove that the trust raises prices while increasing profits from which it alone receives the benefits; also, that it exerts a vast corruptive influence on politics and that by its very nature it precludes the existence of any natural checks...
...lecture yesterday afternoon on "The Lesson of the Colorado Canon" Professor W. M. Davis showed by a series of stereopticon views that the great truth revealed by a study of this canon is the vast amount of time during which the earth has been undergoing processes of formation and transformation. Professor Davis first stated that the canon as it exists today has been carved out of solid rock by the erosion of water and the elements. He then proved that not only has this work been going on for ages past but also that incomparably longer there have been...