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Word: rather (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1900-1900
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...Mandolin Club is at present the most advanced of the three, and is fully up to its standard of last year. It has a large portion of old members, and is playing rather more difficult music than usual, with good success. The club is made up as follows...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Musical Clubs. | 12/18/1900 | See Source »

...operative Society has recently published a book of views about the College, including cuts of all the University buildings. There seems to be an entire lack of plan in the arrangement of the views, making the book rather inconvient "for easy reference." The photographs as reproduced are excellent, however, and the book is up to date...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard University Views | 12/17/1900 | See Source »

...keeper of the University Records, has written the life of Andrew Jackson, an interesting account of this picturesque personage, whose true place in our history has always been a disputed question. The book does not enter the field of minute detail and criticism; it is "for those who would rather understand than judge him." Mr. Brown writes of his character charitably but without bias; he does not attempt to diagnose his faults or condone his vices, but he does not dwell upon them with distorting emphasis. The Creek and Seminole wars, the battle of New Orleans, the history of Jackson...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Riverside Biographical Series. | 12/8/1900 | See Source »

...undergraduates' defense was poor through inability to cover their opponents, but they improved in this respect toward the end of the game. The passing was rather accurate and the stick work fair, but a lack of team play was shown. Smith, Mitchell, Beane and Alvord played the best game for the University team; Breed and Taylor for the graduates...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Lacrosse Team Defeated. | 11/22/1900 | See Source »

...Sophomores defeated the Freshmen yesterday by the score of 11 to 0. The playing was hard and the game was well contested throughout. 1903 had rather the advantage in weight and was able to gain almost invariably through the line, while 1904 had to rely more on kicking and end plays. There was a great deal of fumbling on both sides, due partly to the condition of the field...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Sophomores, 11; Freshmen, 0. | 11/21/1900 | See Source »

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