Word: attempting
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Moyne went out on three strikes. Coolidge went to the bat, knocked a beautiful base hit, reached second and third on a passed ball by Hubbard, and got in on an error by Camp, who fumbled a grounder knocked by Olmsted. Olmsted stole second, but was retired in an attempt to steal third...
...attempt, however, to characterize Mr. Hudgens' poems indelibly by the utterance of a single word or by some Sphynx-like expression is as much an indication of imbecile intellect as of caustic invidiousness and of childish attempt to gain a Delphic credence. It can be done with no more justice in the present instance than that one should take a poem of Byron's lighter vein and pronounce Byron weak, or that one should call Longfellow childish because he had once allowed his Muse to play about the heartstrings of youth...
...inside position, and so took its place near the eastern shore, with the 'Varsity next and the Freshman outside; the Freshman it will be seen were then compelled to take the rough water. The boats were readily got into line and when the word was given at the first attempt were off, the Narragansetts taking the water first, with a stroke at the start of 38 to a minute, and at about 95 yards from the "go" were near half a length ahead of the 'Varsity. The 'Varsity at this time were pulling 35, and the '85 crew...
...song are of necessity limited, and every one ought to avail himself of every chance to get well acquainted with this, the last of his college songs. A large number of men each year go to the tree without having the least knowledge of the song, and attempt to hum it over with the crowd at the last moment. This is a thing that should never occur. There will be little or no excuse this year for a man not knowing any thing about the song, as there will be plenty of opportunities between now and Friday for learning...
...tree is certainly a move for the better. This subject has been agitated a great deal during the past few years, but up to the present year nothing has come of it. Heretofore, the song has been sung after the cheering when every one was so hoarse that the attempt to sing generally ended in a ludicrous combination of groans and yells. This year, however, the song is to be sung before the cheering, when every one's voice is comparatively fresh. The effect ought to be much more pleasing than it has been in former years. There...