Word: attempted
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Beyond the basic attempt to meet settlement-house demand for an endless stream of day-to-day workers, holiday occasions call for gestures to match. Last night was Halloween: PBH whipped up a special corps of 30 men to fan out into key houses and organize celebrations. At the South Boston Boys' Club alone 1500 kids delighted in the old standbys of sawing girls in half, sipping eider, and calling forth taffy apples from a cauldron of goo. This afternoon is the Rutgers game: another squad of 30 leaders will corral a howling 200 anxious to see football played...
...carpenter in addition o the time expended in transportation form the House or office to the maintenance building--and this hardly touches the cost of materials. The piano was probably moved as a result of a last minute call--on overtime--while even the unaesthetic will agree that any attempt to repair a spotted wall by painting the spots only succeeds in changing their color...
...attempt to deny this fact, the bureau last year found seven students who claimed they wouldn't mind any amount of grime for a good job. They were sent to a factory in Lowell which offered quick advancement. The promotions were not forthcoming at the end of the week, but it didn't make any difference since none of the seven had stuck it out that long...
William Ackerly of the AFL's Cambridge Central Labor Union and the Rev. Rembert Stokes will receive HTU support in their fight to reach the City Council. The Union will attempt to place the Rev. Kenneth Hughes and Dennis Sullivan of the United Electrical Workers-CIO, Lever Brothers local, on the school committee...
...split kidney receives the same treatment as a Varsity player, the fact that he is allowed two weeks in a hospital and all surgeons fees expense paid seems slight recompense for an avoidable injury. As long as intramural football operates on a collegiate level, there should be some attempt to prepare players for big-time games. A smaller schedule, with a total of twenty-five games and three weeks of pre-season training, would ease the pressure on teams now held to a thirty-five game schedule with only a short practice period. A conditioning program that included compulsory exercise...