Word: attempt
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...principal American zoological station is situated at Woods Holl, and is controlled by the Fish Commission. It is probably the best equipped station in the world. The attempt has been made by the American universities to join forces with the Fish Commission in order to have an opportunity to enjoy the superior advantages of the government station and equipment, but without success. Until this is accomplished, the facilities for zoological study in America will never be equal to those offered in Europe...
...have been appointed by the senior class to attempt to express to you their sincere sympathy in your great sorrow. We feel that the loss of your son has left in our class a gap which cannot be filled. The class as a whole will miss one whom they are proud to have called a classmate, and those who knew him intimately have lost a manly, sincere and lovable friend. We as a class share in your grief, for this sorrow has touched us all, and we join as friends and classmates to assure you of our deepest sympathy...
...long felt want is being supplied in the erection of the Casino, which is to be used for dances, tennis courts and the performances of the Dramatic Association. The building will be erected by the students on a site which was given them by the trustees. An attempt has been made to secure military drill in the college, and a committee has been appointed to ask the government for an officer and the necessary supplies...
...action of the Faculty is mistaken and ill-timed, and that with the present widespread disposition to reform intercollegiate. football, the game could actually be brought back to its proper standing as a gentlemanly sport. As long as there was any chance that the Faculty would allow the attempt to be made, we urged its desirability, as did many of the Faculty themselves. But the decisive action which is now assured, essentially changes the situation. The University is confronted with the inevitable, and should accept it, as Captain Brewer well suggests, with gentlemanly good grace...
...which the Yale faculty has inflicted on the freshman class, the Harvard freshmen are necessarily included. In past years the prospect of a contest with Yale has been the chief incentive to strenuous training, and this incentive is now taken away. As a substitute for it in baseball, the attempt is being made to get two games this spring with the Princeton freshmen. The attempt, we hope, will meet with success. The freshman nine has always been a most valuable means of developing material for the University team, and the latter would be sure to suffer if the ball players...