Word: attempting
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...some of the most famous athletes of England, Ireland, Canada, and the United States, and it will be strange if several records are not-lowered. Among the men who will endeavor to break records are Westing, M. A. C., champion one hundred yards runner of the world, who will attempt to lower the present record for seventy-five yards; Copeland, M. A. C., who will try to break the record for the 250 yards hurdle race; and Donahue, the champion ice skater of the world, who will endeavor to beat the best time for one mile on roller skates...
...account of the conflict made with the hours of the 'Varsity nine. The training for the first few weeks will not be at all severe, it being Mr. Cady's plan to get the men into good physical condition by means of light but daily systematic exercise before attempting to do any heavy work. This plan of exercise has been adopted by the captains of the Harvard nines for the past two or three years, and it is wise on Mr. Cady's part to continue the policy of training the candidates in the kind of exercise which will serve...
...opened with the hymn by the choir "Hark! hark the organ. Dr. McKenzie offered a prayer, after which the choir sang the anthem "A bide with us," by Whitney. The address was made by Rev. William Lawrence. The speaker read from the Bible the account of Peter's attempt to persuade his Master not to go to Jerusalem and of Christ's answer to the tempter. Peter, the speaker said, had been the first to realize the meaning of the Saviour's mission, but when the time came for self-denial and for action the disciple hesitated...
...last word concerning Delphi was heard, and from that time until comparatively lately it has remained buried in the deepest obscurity. In 1840, Dr. Ottfield Muller went to the site of Delphi and his work showed the opportunity for discovery and research among the ruins. Twenty years later another attempt at discovery was made by the French. America had no hand in the work until some eleven years ago Gen. Meredith Read, the United States Minister to Greece, interested himself in the matter. He was soon recalled from Athens, however, and it was not until two years ago that Americans...
Fidelia is a not very successful attempt to imitate the old English "Spectator" style of two centuries ago. The most interesting article in the number is Mr. Warren's "Oxford to a Harvard Man." It is merely a sketch of a ramble through the old university town but it contains an entertaining account of the boating life of the university and a charming description of Magdalen College with its quaint old buildings and curious customs The college feeling at Oxford is well contrasted with the class and university feeling here. The article is brightly written, but is marred by errors...