Word: attempter
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...split occurred soon after General Chiang Kai-Shek captured Shanghai. An attempt was made to wrest power from the victorious general who evaded the move by setting up an independent regime at Nan king and denouncing the government at Hankow as bolshevist...
...French '29, speedy halfback on last year's eleven, who has been kept out of scrimmage this fall on account of an injured knee, stepped into the University backfield in yesterday's house and a quarter battle between regular and scrubs and on his first attempt a carrying the ball broke away for a 4 yard run. It was the third consecutive day that Coach Arnold Horween '20 has treated his Crimson-jerseyed charges to a taste of scrimmage and as yet no serious injuries are reported for any member of the squad...
Embroidering a now time-worn thesis, and making no attempt to reveal his personal views on the truth of its hypothesis, President Angell of Yale, in the current Harpers, suggests ways and means by which the over-population which according to many now threatens the colleges, might be avoided. It would have been more satisfactory to the majority of his readers if Mr. Angell had first made a decision as to the legitimacy of the argument and had then gone on to defend his claims: instead he has nicely side stepped any discussion of whether or not too many people...
...Horn" a new publication appears upon the literary horizon of the University. This new magazine, a quarterly with the subtitle "A Harvard Miscellany" is to be devoted to creative work of a high standard. As a miscellany, quoting from the announcement which preceeds the present issue, "it will attempt to present not the aspect of a single department of group of departments in the University but the entire scene of undergraduate and graduate activity. Its pages will be open to creative work in any field and on any subject, provided that work is of a sufficient nontechnical nature to assure...
...minutes of motion pictures depicting Harvard athletes in various sports will be shown if final arrangements can be made. These pictures were taken under the auspices of the Harvard Athletic Association and will be shown in the Harvard Clubs throughout the United States. In addition to these pictures, an attempt is being made to secure the three reels of regular and slow motion pictures of Tilden, Johnson, and Lacoste which were shown here with great success last spring...