Word: attempting
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Hutchens, the famous English sprinter, failed in his attempt to beat the 300 yard record, made by himself May 30, 1881, and which...
Committee CHARLES CARROLL,Committee GORDON DEXTER,Committee GEO. HIGGINSON.The N. Y. Times says of the report of Supt. Damrell on the boat-house accident :-"There is no attempt made in this report to fix the responsibility on any person or persons, but simply to state the physical causes which brought about the accident, and to show how such accidents may be avoided in the future. It was at first intended to examine at length into the question of responsibility, but after much deliberation on the part of those interested this was given up. The reasons for this abandonment were, first...
...thing through their editorial columns. In accordance with this good old custom we again take our stand and diny that Harvard is any worse than the rest of the world in religious matters. Just how this rumor begins it is hard to conceive. Probably it is owing to the attempt made to abolish chapel, and to the fact that certain men with infidel views go forth from here every year. But these persons so vigorous in their cries of alarm, would say fully as much as the students if they were taught that the only way to make men worship...
...game was played in our colleges without any established rule, and was used as a means by which freshmen could be roughly hazed. In those days there were many accidents, and in the course of time the game came, very properly, under the ban of college authority. Afterward an attempt was made to introduce the game as played in English schools, and today it is established as firmly as base-ball in many colleges, where it is played for its own sake, and is no longer used for hazing purposes. It furnishes excellent exercise and is a manly sport...
...Peters made a touch-down, Terry following with the first goal for Yale inside of two minutes. In six minutes he sent in another from the field. Some fine running and dodging b Farewell soon added another for the dark blues. One or two New Haven men made an attempt at a "Rah, Rah !" but it sounded so lonesome that the attempt was not repeated during the rest of the afternoon. A pretty play by Robinson and Farewell, of the Yale team, won applause even from the men on the opposing side. Robinson picked up the ball near the centre...