Word: attempting
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Hawes of Harvard with Jones of Yale second; and by Sherrill of Yale, over Lasell of Yale. In the fiual heat, just before the 440 yds. dash, Hawes had to run against three Yale men. Jones, who started with his hands on the ground, slipped, and did not attempt to run. Hawes ran a strong race and beat Sherrill. The crowd was wonderfully enthusiastic at this, considering that they were now pretty well soaked by a hard rain. Sherrill is said to have broken a tendon in his leg in his attemps to come in first. The time of this...
...your athletic organizations that our faculty does to ours is most surprising, Permit us to inform you that our faculty interferes with our games only so far as they interfere with college exercises. It does not dictate to us as to what college we shall play. It does not attempt to fix our dates nor even to cancel agreements because perchance our nine may not have reached the proper stage of preparation for games...
...talk proved very interesting. He first spoke on the tariff on wool and woollens historically, showing how the present act is the outgrowth of the wool schedule in the Act of 1867. He then took up the present schedule and discussed it at length. He did not attempt anything more than an interpretation of the meaning of the paragraphs of the schedule, preferring not to criticize the schedule at all. His exposition of this portion of the tariff was made more clear by the specimens which he exhibited of the different grades of wools and woollen goods subject to duty...
...Conference Francaise, at its annual theatricals, is, we understand, to attempt this year something more elaborate than usual. The Conference has always been remarkably successful in its efforts, and we are glad that it is to attempt something where it will be able to show better its abilities. The work which the modern language clubs are doing is increasing each year. They seem to have well defined purposes before them, and are not only carrying out these purposes successfully, but are greatly widening their field of influence. Their energetic work of the past year has been especially noteworthy...
...college has witnessed poor exhibitions of ball before; it has seen nines go to pieces and throw away games, but, it is safe to say, never before has this college been called upon to witness such a disgraceful attempt at playing ball as the freshmen gave yesterday afternoon on Jarvis field, when the Manual Training School defeated them twenty-two to four...