Word: attempting
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...officers elected and instructed to place before the Overseers the petition for a room in Sever. The men who were interested in this were actuated solely by a desire to have some sort of dark room ready as soon after recess as possible. There has been no effort nor attempt made to exclude any who are eligible to membership. The men who issued the call sent notices to everyone they knew to be actively interested in photography. Had there been more time at their disposal they would certainly have called a public meeting. The petition has been presented...
...success of the course in journalism has been decided enough to justify and encourage its repetition, with such modifications and improvements as experience has shown to be necessary. I think that certain changes should be made, however, and a short course should be made a complete success before any attempt at a very extended course is made." Another says: "I will say that within limits the course has been successful. By this I mean that as far as the work has progressed it has been well done. The time given to the subject is evidently too brief, but much might...
Harvard has often been reproached for her indifference to the affairs of the outside world. This attempt to bring her into closer contact with the real needs and problems of the day, not by arousing an interest, but by giving proper expression to an interest which already exists, will be welcomed by all who care for her reputation and influence...
Professor Francke said that the literature of a nation contains all the traits which combine to make the national life; and since it would be too great a task to attempt to grasp the relation of all these traits to literature, we should confine our attention to one or two at a time. He proposed to examine the influence which Individualism had had upon the literature of Germany...
...short time ago the Bicycle Club adopted a resolution to hold a spring race meeting and invite some other college clubs, notably Technology and Yale, to take part. The idea is a good one and will meet with the approval of all interested in intercollegiate athletics. The attempt to arrange a road race with Yale proved unsuccessful, but we see no reason why the plan now proposed should not be heartily entered into. Intercollegiate bicycling has heretofore been confined to the two-mile race at Mott Haven, and so has held a comparatively unimportant place. Bicycling as a sport deserves...