Word: attempting
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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tinctions of the three orders in architecture without making any attempt to explain the reasons for the differences or even the causes of the adoption of the principles common to all the orders and to their variations...
...Brooks of Harvard, Walter Camp of Yale, Alexander Moffatt of Princeton, John C. Bell of Pennsylvania, and Paul Dashiel of Lehigh. The committee will act only with regard to the playing rules of the game and will not attempt to make any rules relating to membership on teams. Its first meeting will occur at the University Athletic Club of New York on February...
...attempt, however, has been made to monopolize this management, and the two societies, since the formation of the Wendell Phillips Club, have acted together amicably and on equal footing. In our opinion, this is the only possible arrangement; we desire no other, and any attempt by the other society to make it appear that they kindly allowed us a part, we depreciate as a very probable source of bad feeling...
...Every attempt will be made to ensure members of the University of admission to Sanders Theatre on the day of the address by Henry Irving. To this end, tickets will be issued. These will be good simply for admission and no seats will be reserved except for members of the faculty. The address will be given on Thursday, March 15. All members of the faculty who desire one or two reserved seats may obtain them by sending an application to S. H. Foster, 37 Thayer, before March 11. On March 12 tickets will be put in Thurston's for distribution...
...attempt has been made recently to have an exhibition of Japanese fencing given by some of the Japanese who are now in the University. The equipments, consisting of rather elaborate armor and foils, can, however, not be obtained in this country, and it will be impracticable to get them from Japan this year. It is not improbable that arrangements will be made so that an exhibition can be given in one of the winter meetings next year...