Word: somewhat
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...wish to call the attention of all crews and single-scullers to the necessity of keeping a clear course on the river for the University Crew. The lively interest which has been lately aroused in boating has caused the river to be somewhat crowded at the hour when the Crew rows, and it is, perhaps, almost impossible to avoid an occasional accident. Yet it is exceedingly annoying for the Crew to be obliged to alter its course to avoid running down a "gentleman four," or some tyro in the art of sculling, who has got caught in a bridge...
...expected that the occupants of Weld may perhaps get back into their rooms in two years if the carpenters are active. The loss of the College will fortunately be somewhat reduced by the presence of mind of an official; all the windows are charged to the previous holders of the rooms, on the ground that they were broken before the fire reached them by stones thrown to rouse the sleepers...
Thou 'It to my vows be somewhat blind...
ABOUT twenty-five bicyclists met in Holden Chapel last evening for the purpose of organizing a club. The whole number of men in college who own machines is somewhat over thirty, so there were quite a number who were not present...
...certainly true that the value of honors is somewhat lowered; but it is not easy to appreciate the writer's reason for considering this an evil, - that the Harvard honors will degenerate to the level of the numerous prizes of "small-sized colleges." Even if this were true, it would be a valid objection only if the purpose of honors were to furnish a subject for undergraduate boast; but, as a fact, they have a definite and much more sensible work to do, - they are intended to furnish inducements to study. And the question is not whether the new honors...