Word: attempting
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...University authorities have decided that no attempt will be made to re-occupy the buildings left vacant by the departure of the Radio School on April 15, until next fall. Pierce Hall, Perkins Hall, Walter Hastings Hall, the Hemenway Gymnasium, and Memorial Hall are some of the buildings which will be returned to the University. These quarters have been converted to suit the special needs of the naval students, and it will require a good deal of time and expense to restore them to their former condition. The order that the barracks occupied by the Radio School would be used...
...bold attempt of an unknown Boston Bolshevik with Black Handish leanings to put a stop to the Hasty Pudding Club's preparations for "Crowns and Clowns" is but another instance of the almost unbelievable lack of ordinary foresight for which Soviet supporters are traditionally famous. Frankly, we have been perhaps somewhat diffident when the delights of Bolshevism have been described to us. The whole thing seems too tame, too common-place for words. The frantic mobs in the streets of Moscow cannot compare to the lunch hour at Jimmie's. The pools of blood in the public squares at Patrograd...
Bayard Wharton '22 has been awarded the Italian Silver Medal for Valor for saving the life of a British aviator who was drowning in the Brenta River. After two Italian soldiers had been drowned in an attempt to rescue him, Wharton swam out to the aviator who was floundering in the swift current, and supported him until they reached shore. This medal is one of the highest awards given to foreigners by the Italian government, and can only be won by exceptional bravery...
Where two colleges are situated so near to each other, there is no sensible reason why they should not compete in athletics. A great amount of the unnecessary expenses incurred by intercollegiate sports is due to the attempt to place distant and novel teams on the schedules. Conservatism in this direction is and ought to be encouraged...
...attempt has been made at historical completeness, the sole purpose of the exhibition being to bring together significant examples of draughtsmanship, irrespective of time or place of production...