Word: attempting
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...open letter to the President and Fellows of Harvard College, a portion of which we publish this morning, an attempt is made to throw discredit on the Veterinary School and on those who have it in charge. It is to be regretted for the sake of his position that the writer felt compelled to use such vigorous language as to assure his readers that those who advised the foundation of the school did it solely for their own selfish purposes, or that the school appears to have been established for the "development of English flunkeyism on American soil," while...
What harm then can there be in accepting such an offer? No attempt is made to induce the crews to act unfairly in the race. The offer is made to all alike. They simply select Saratoga because it will cost them less to row the race there then elsewhere, and their fellow students will be thereby relieved of a corresponding amount of subscriptions. Besides they are not to depend upon the hotel men for patronage. They will not row the race to please and benefit a set of businessmen, such as hotel keepers, but to have a chance of contending...
...Greek plays brought out in England leads us to ask whether it would not be possible to give another play here at Harvard. The "OEdipus" was eminently successful in every way, and certainly from the great and general interest which it aroused all through the country, would encourage an attempt to produce another. At any rate a discussion of the question will do no harm, while it may show the project to be practicable...
...MacVane suggested in History 12 yesterday that the Glee Club might do worse than attempt the song that Bloudin sung to King Richard when he discovered his place of captivity...
...annual subscription of $5,000 which has been given to the observatory for the last five years, has now ceased. An attempt is being made to supply its place with a permanent fund...