Word: attempting
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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There is an attempt on foot to organize a bone corps to take part in the torchlight parade. The scheme, however will be abandoned unless twenty men signify their willingness to join...
...best playing for Harvard was done by Perry, Austin and Morse, For Exeter, the best playing was done by Brooks, Trafford and Barbour. It would be useless to attempt an individual criticism of a game like the one which was played by Harvard. The men had no life and there was no spirit shown. The ball was taken from Harvard by the Exeter men before our men were aware of it while the Exeter half-backs were nearly always able to find holes in our rush line. Only once did Harvard really work and then two touchdowns were scored. They...
...short essay, "An Ambition," is an attempt to answer the old question "Is life worth living?" Its delicacy and thoughtfulness make one regret that it is not more elaborate. The idea of "Misericordia," is good and the style is clear and well-worded, but the brevity and disjointedness of the treatment detract much from the general effect of the story. Of a very different style is the story of "A Crime," from the French. It is vivid and picturesque, though the plot-a dream of a man who contemplated murder-is too horrible to be pleasant. The best article...
...order of the captain, about twenty-five men from the freshman class presented themselves yesterday on Holmes as candidates for the nine. The usual practice was indulged in, and a few of the men showed that they had some knowledge of the game. No attempt was made to practice the men in the positions for which they were trying, but they were scattered over the in and out fields. Few men have expressed any intention of trying for the position of pitcher and it looks as though this place were going to be hard to fill. However...
...have none of that universality and spontaneity which characterized former celebrations of the entry of a new class, and which could be explained, perhaps by the fact that hazing seemed to be looked upon by the students as a matter of course. There is now nothing but a deliberate attempt on the part of a few members of the University-we are glad to believe they are few-to show how foolish and how mean a spectacle they can make of themselves. Public intoxication on the part of those who do not profess to be gentlemen is strongly condemned-what...