Word: attempted
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...most important football games of the season is to be played on Saturday, not the least sign of organized undergraduate spirit has stirred Cambridge as yet. Up to the present time there has been no section roped off at the Stadium for organized cheering, and no attempt has as yet been made to practice the Harvard songs. On the other hand Cornell has lived for this one game alone ever since their success last year, and the publications at that college have been full of Harvard-Cornell matter all summer and all this fall. The Cornell rooters are to arrive...
...only score of the game came in the third period and was made by A. Horween, who crossed the line for a touchdown after a succession of good line bucks together with a long, well-executed forward pass had brought the ball to Tech's 5-yard line. The attempt to kick a goal failed, the ball hitting the goal post. The Freshmen had several other chances to score, especially in the first half, but a poor choice of plays together with faulty interference and the stiffening of the Tech line at the crucial moment prevented further touchdowns...
...French. But these very courses are allowed to be over-run with formal grammar and written translations. The conspicuous characteristic of such courses is the students' silence. Usually the conversation in the particular foreign language is limited to the professor's monologue. The mistake lies in the impossible attempt to weld both practical and cultural aims. Since poetry is not taught in conjunction with plumbing, why should art be combined with the language of foreign business? Under present methods the student learns neither...
...interesting innovation will be inaugurated this year when an attempt will be made to play a chess tournament by wireless. This will be carried on under the supervision of the Amateur Wireless Association of America and the University Wireless Club will relay the moves to the nearest wireless station...
...University organization has engaged an office above the Harvard square post office. An active attempt to enroll all Wilson men in the University will be made next week...