Word: attempt
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...interested in the organization of the Harvard Dramatic Club, in the Assembly Room of the Union tonight at 9 o'clock. As this meeting is merely to discover the extent of the interest felt by members of the University on this subject, there will be no speakers, and no attempt will be made to outline plans. It is essential that every man wishing to be identified with the club be present...
...publication of The American Nation, -- a monumental work in twenty seven stout octavo volumes, --under the general editorship of Professor Hart, marks the first very serious attempt to apply the principle of the division of labor to a narrative of the annals of the American people. Despite the elaborate scale on which the undertaking was projected, the whole series has been issued from the press within the comparatively short space of less than four years, an unusual achievement for an enterprise of its kind. Upon the general editor has devolved the task of delimiting the scope of the various numbers...
This season promises to be more active than that of last year, when only one game was played, a tie with Yale, score 0 to 0. Some attempt was made last fall to develop a team, but at that time a number of good players were occupied with football. With the addition of those men this spring, and with the longer schedule, interest in association football is expected to be greater than in previous years...
Under this system there could be no unjust charges of favoritism, no difficult choices devolving upon the managers, and, best of all, no attempt to bolster up a competition for the sake of drawing out the comparative qualities of the candidates...
...support rule for minor teams is practically a dead letter; but that its evil effects are still as great as ever. We are thoroughly tired of being dunned for subscriptions, when the Athletic Association has an enormous yearly surplus beyond the reach of the minor managers. No one will attempt to defend subscription soliciting, either as a method of financing teams or as a competition. Nor is there a single good side to the commercial policy that is being so effectually forced upon our managers. What we all want is a blanket ticket for all but the most important games...