Word: attempting
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...China is afforded her great opportunity by the probable turn of affairs," continued Mr. Merrill. "The pressing necessity for a defence of Manchuria, together with the prospect of a strong ally for the attempt, would act as a spur on the Chinese, for the Trans-Siberian Railroad, the logical line of German advance, cuts directly through Manchuria, which is Chinese territory, and a German foothold there would mean disaster for China. Need for action must compel the Chinese to forget their present internal differences and unite as a nation. German propaganda, to be sure, has been spread in China...
...that such a thing as the state exists. Many people in this country as in Europe have been surprised by their own feelings of patriotism. We have looked on these feelings with some suspicion. What we want to do is to bolster them up with adequate reasons. We must attempt to make vivid what the state means to its citizens...
...order that the class may understand what the jubilee consists of, an attempt will be made to explain it at the mass meeting. Dr. Davison, who has had charge of the jubilees since the building of the new dormitories, will tell of the musical side of the program, and Berry, who was on the jubilee committee four years ago, will discuss the celebration from his own point of view. Though no question about the annual class dinner at the Union will be brought up tonight, the decision as to the jubilee will necessarily affect the whole schedule of Freshman social...
...CRIMSON is hardly to be accounted sincere in its avowals of open-mindedness so long as it allows its editorials to attempt to take the heart out of an honest attack upon it by Mr. M. A. DeWolfe Howe. T. M. HODGENS, JR. ROYALL H. SNOW. S. B. GOODSTONE. W. F. DAVIDSON...
Therefore, the Yale Swimming Association sincerely hopes that Harvard will not delay in an attempt to secure a tank from the Alumni, and that, having obtained this, Harvard, Princeton and Yale may fight it out for the intercollegiate championship in future years...