Word: almost
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...that a person can in one year be a member of the football, the baseball and the track teams, whereas he cannot compete in football, swimming and track in the same College year. If there is any benefit obtained I should like very much to have it pointed out. Almost without exception the minor sports require only an hour a day of practice. Let me assure those who framed this rule, that this one hour subtracted from the study hours of the athlete in question can make no apparent difference in the competitor's College standing, and by this rule...
...brought up to the present by Professor Taussig, who outlines some of the more striking developments of the last fifteen years. The evolution from the simple Harvard College of 40 years ago, with its loosely connected professional schools of primitive character, into the University of the present seems almost incredible. One would be glad to find, however, in addition to the exposition of facts, something of prophecy for the future. What is to be the result, for instance, of the merging of Harvard College and the Scientific School? Are the A.B. and S.B. to become one degree? Is education...
...McCall began by saying that the representative is the only officer of the United States government that is voted for directly by the people. It is for this reason that the House of Representatives has come to be called the popular branch of Congress. The House has almost the same duties as the Senate; indeed, in their legislative capacities they are almost identical. One difference is that the House must originate all bills for raising revenue. This was supposed, at the time of the framing of the Constitution, to be a very great power, and that the power...
...graduated, Haughton coached the Cornell football team for two years, turning out a victerious team in his second year. For several years before his appointment as head coach last fall, he was assistant coach of the University football team. As head coach he turned out a victorious eleven from almost entirely new-material...
...four men with heavy handicaps soon qualified for the finals. In a very close finish C. F. Averill '12 won from the 15-foot mark in 4 3-5 seconds. In the finals of the 45-yard high hurdles, O. M. Chadwick '11, with 12 feet handicap, led almost to the finish, but W. M. Rand '09 passed him just at the tape, winning in the fast time of 6 seconds, equalling the record...