Word: attempt
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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Professor G. Santayana '86, of the Philosophical Department, will deliver an address on "Moral Symbols in the Bible," this evening at 7.30 o'clock in the Shepard Room of Phillips Brooks House, under the auspices of the Christian Association. Professor Santayana will attempt to explain the original meaning of certain expressions and doctrines in the Bible...
...visitors must enter by an outside staircase open to the air. Each ward will have its own system of ventilation and heating, with a large open fire-place in the centre, and adjoining the colonnade there will be a laundry and a sun-room of iron and glass. An attempt will be made to complete the building by next winter...
...amateur performers. Much credit is due Mr. Arthur S. Hills for his acting version of the play as well as for the details of the stage production. The performance as a whole was thoroughly finished. The action never lagged, and the stage "business," in the entire absence of any attempt to be "stagey" was eminently creditable...
...single attempt at verse is an effort to translate Goethe, too serious a task for the undergraduate at best, and in this case, although courageous and not without merit, unsuccessful...
...Freshman squad have never rowed before, the coaches have decided to give them some practice in watermanship before going on the river. Accordingly they received their first coaching in the tank yesterday afternoon. For convenience, solely, the squad was divided into four divisions of eight men each, no attempt at grading having been made...