Word: attempt
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...more surprising is this smile when one realizes the position that gentleman was in. For a goodly part of three acts he had to suffer Miss Newcombe's ranting conception of a lady, Miss Grande's deliberately indecorous delineation of a lorgnette holder, Miss Ediss's usual attempt at Copleyesque charades, and the sibilant syllables of Miss Elspeth Dudgeon. . . who first, as a woman with balloons and later as a lady without balloons, brought applause to the hands and grins to the laces of the usual Copley clientele. And that is something...
...addition to a large percentage of veteran players a number of outstanding men from last fall's Freshman team appeared upon the field yesterday. Practice, which will last until the end of May, is in order to attempt to develop material for the back positions, where the team is woefully weak in experienced material...
...should be true that, in addition to the world of external nature which science is learning to control, there is also a world of internal nature which religion or philosophy must teach the individual to control, then education cannot rest content with half of life, but must attempt to teach the whole...
...order to realize the larger purpose of philosophy which the committee has in mind in advancing this recommendation, it will be necessary to reorganize Philosophy A upon a new plan. . . . Philosophy A should remain a survey course but it should abandon the attempt to present the subject historically. . . . The main purpose of the course should be to offer the student a sound basis upon which to build his own philosophy by giving him rounded estimates of a few of the most important interpretations of life...
...attempt which is going to be made at the Reportory is essentially similar. The satire here, however, is to be directed chiefly against Boston life and Boston customs. Harvard and the Boston theatre will came in for a fair share...