Word: attempting
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...this week's issue of the Harvard Bulletin appeared the first of the two communications printed below. It is reprinted here to give point to the statement from Mr. W. S. Burke, Superintendent of Grounds and Buildings, in regard to the methods employed in the attempt to save the elms...
...conditions the elms are doomed within five years, but it is possible that they may be saved by an extreme pollarding. This, of course, would forever destroy the grace and beauty of the trees, and the question is whether to let them die in their present condition or to attempt to preserve them at the expense of what beauty they still retain...
...disappointment of the play is that its central theme,--the influence of a dead love on a living one,--is obscured again and again by the most obvious kind of an attempt to furnish thrills, and "sustain the interest." There is a bloodcurdling lynching in the first act, the sensationalism of which is in contrast to its trivial significance in the tragedy. It is a symptom of the danger that Mr. Sheldon's peculiar talent carries with...
Practice will be held daily for 2 to 6, except on Saturday. No attempt will be made to grade the material for either the University of Freshman crews until after the mid-year examinations...
...tank will be opened on Monday, and candidates will be advanced according to their ability. Practice will continue on every afternoon, except Saturday, from 2 to 6 o'clock. No attempt will be made to grade the material until after the mid-year examinations...