Word: attempt
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...attempt is being made to improve the appearance of the Harvard House at East Cambridge. Men are requested to contribute such pictures, flags, posters, and articles of decorative value as they can spare. Such contributions should be left with the janitor of Brooks House as soon as possible...
...University Banjo and Mandolin Clubs will play at the Union tomorrow night. An attempt will also be made to secure a soloist...
Professor Henry P. Bowditch and Professor J. Collins Warren, who have in charge the attempt to raise the funds necessary for the new Medical School yesterday issued a statement showing the present amount of the fund and the balance to be raised before Commencement day in order to secure the gift of $1,000,000 promised by Mr. J. D. Rockefeller. The total sum necessary for establishing the new plant, $4,950,000, is reduced to $765,000 by application of the funds at the disposal of the School and the gifts of Mr. Morgan and Mr. Rockefeller. Of this...
...ordinary, and is quaint and picturesque in style. "None but the Brave," is a story of some power, but the atmosphere is not pleasant. A longer story, "When the Tide Turned," by L. B. Cummings '03, is amusingly told. "A Stockholder in the L and N," is an attempt at a dialect sketch, but it is quite without coherence, and the dialect itself does not seem well sustained. Among the contributions in verse "Among the Cedars," by R. P., deserves favorable mention. "The Ballad of the Trenton," by L. W., is a spirited tribute to the officers...
...society has recently adopted a new constitution which provides for more continuous management than it has had in the past, and permanently unites the orchestra and chorus under the same control. An attempt will be made to place the society on a firmer financial basis than it has had heretofore by establishing a sinking fund through the help of graduates. A list of all the active members of the society since its organization in 1808 is soon to be published...