Word: offseting
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...demand for a more powerful board can not be immediately determined. Because the staff has not yet gained the powers to enforce its suggestions, a fault, which recent criticism sought to remedy, the reorganization may have little effect. Although there is internal improvement, yet the gain is partially offset by the inability of the staff to have its recommendations carried through...
...upperclassmen are reporting, however, and this fact does not augur well for the spring. All men interested in the sport are asked to report at the daily voluntary practice, and receive the benefit of the supervision of the two coaches. The recent loss of three oarsmen will be somewhat offset by the expected return to College of R. S. Emmet '19, captain and stroke of his Freshman eight...
...city of Halifax has a peculiar claim upon our sympathy. The Canadians are our allies, of course, but historically Halifax is closely related to Boston. It was founded in 1749 largely at the instance of the New Englanders as an offset to the French fortress of Louisburg; the trade relations of the two towns have always been close; and at the time of the Revolution many of the prominent citizens of Boston--the Tories or Loyalists--emigrated to Halifax; and fine old Boston names--some of them extinct here--are to be found on the tablets of the interesting eighteenth...
...they anticipate an increase in registration after the close of the harvest season. Reports of college registration indicate that the entering class is, in nearly every case, of normal size, but that the upper classes have suffered heavily. In a few cases the loss in the upper classes is offset by an exceptionally large freshman class...
From a financial point of view the decrease in registration has placed some institutions, especially those deriving a large part of their revenue from dormitories, in a serious situation, to offset which emergency funds have in many cases been raised by alumni...