Word: attempt
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Junior Debating Club has been given permission by the University Debating Club to arrange an outside debate, and an attempt will be made to debate against the Brown juniors. The members of all winning class teams will receive cups from the University Debating Club...
...spring tournament were made. Entries for the tournament will close on Thursday, March 19, at 5 o'clock, and the tournament will begin on Monday, March 23. Cups will be given to the men making the best individual scores, and a team will be picked from the winners. An attempt will be made to arrange games with the Boston Y. M. C. A. and other teams in the vicinity, to be played after the April recess. Blue books for entries in the tournament will be placed in the Gymnasium. An entrance fee of 25 cents will be charged. Further information...
...would be difficult even for the best disposed to offer a satisfactory excuse for the existence of several of the stories which follow the editorial. The editing of the material is careless and the material itself lacks substance. "A" Kink in Criticism," is an ill disguised attempt to present in novel form a plot long ago worn threadbare, although originally it had the merit of basis in fact. "Lost and Found" is deserving of praise for its clever structure; it is the only story in which the movement of the plot cannot be anticipated at the start. "Antonio's Visit...
Although the Register is published a month later this year than it was a year ago, it does not appear to have profited greatly by the delay. There are scarcely any new features, and the extension to the table of contents of the attempt to condense the book has resulted in a decided curtailment of usefulness. A number of organizations that would seem to deserve a place are omitted, and the lists of members of athletic teams are rendered of little use by the omission of initials. Carelessness in proof reading added to the other faults makes this edition...
...only about five yards ahead of Franchot. On the last lap Franchot was trying to pass Behr when Captain Lightner of the team, thinking the race was already finished, and wishing to be the first to congratulate Behr, ran out upon the track, and slipping in his attempt to recover himself on seeing his mistake, completely upset the Yale runner. The judges declared the race no contest...