Word: attempting
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...second volume of the University of the South Magazine has appeared. It is a periodical of one hundred and fifty pages, published monthly by students at Sewanee, Tenn. The publication shews energy and ability, although a trill crude. Its literary, articles are thoughtful and possess merit; there is no attempt at poetry, the editors state that "poetical contributions are not eagerly sought...
...business was transacted without the least hitch. Harvard's resignation was duly presented, according to the instructions given at mass meeting last autumn, and accepted. The association then went on, as usual, to elect officers. There seemed to be no question of dissolving the association or of any attempt on the part of any of the colleges to bulldoze another. All the talk, so frequent in the newspapers of late, of the necessity of giving up a league, and of Yale's or Princeton's disadvantage under the new arrangement, was needless. The case of the Baseball Association, cited...
...unfortunate feature of the class game Friday was the coaching by some members of the freshman team, which amounted to nothing more than an unfair attempt to rattle their opponents. These men must learn that such tricks as coaching the players of the other side to make collisions, or standing by the third baseman and trying to rattle him when he is after a difficult foul, or calling to any one but a base runner, are in accordance neither with the rules of the game nor with the tastes of the college spectators. It is well to play ball...
...base on balls and stole second; he was caught between second and third. Linn and Howland got bases on balls; they were advanced each a base on Mason's grounder. which the third baseman fumbled, and came in on Lacey's wild throw. Mason took second on the attempt to put Howland out at the plate, took third on a passed ball, and scored on Trafford's single. Upton sacrificed, Alward got his base on balls, but Cummings made the third out on a fly to right field. In the second inning Sullivan started out with a two bagger...
...management of the Dining Association, with which they are connected as intimately as the regular students. But, at the same time, we object to the classing of specials among ordinary students at Memorial any more than in the catalogue. They are not men in regular standing, and any attempt to bring them forward under false appearances is an injustice to the great body of students. Specials are welcome at Harvard as specials; they are still more welcome if they are able, by fulfilling the requirements, to take full standing. But as long as they remain specials they should be strictly...