Word: attempt
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...team work of Brown was miserable, not only in the field, but at the bat. With three men on bases and the strongest hitter of the team at the bat, Cook, on second, conceived the brilliant idea of stealing third, and was allowed to make the attempt by the coachers. This was simply a fair sample of Brown's acceptance of opportunities...
...case of violation of the system by a freshman, the penalty is suspension for a period of time determined by the committee. A violation of the honor system is held to be any attempt to receive assistance from written aids or from any person or his paper, or any attempt to give assistance. This rule holds within or without the examination room during the entire time in which the examination is in progress. The sentiment of the student body is back of the movement, and the Faculty is heartily in its favor. A prominent member of that body recently said...
Yesterday afternoon it was announced that the Athletic Committee had prohibited the use of the University Boat House by any crews. This prevented any practice on the river by the class crews, and no attempt was made on the part of the 'varsity or freshman crews to begin active training again...
...recent years the attempt has been made by all the better college dailies to alter the proportion of news matter in favor of the various forms of scholarly activity. The attempt has, we think, met with considerable success; but it is hopeless to expect that through the news columns of a daily can be made to appear the relative importance which intellectual work plays in the life of a college. The public, which draws inferences from the proportion of space devoted to different subjects, must come to false conclusions; and none will be more false than that which makes little...
...senior and junior nines, resulting in an easy victory for the latter by a score of 12 to 4. Both classes had bands on the field and vied with each other in making noisy demonstrations in favor of their teams. During the game the seniors made a successful attempt to capture the large '96 flag and, in turn, the '95 flag was captured but re-taken. The whole contest brought out a fine display of class feeling and will be long remembered...