Word: attempting
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...literature exist in what we roughly classify as poetry, to a far higher degree than in what, with equal roughness, we classify as prose. As an ex-editor, I sympathize with their professional zeal for "balance," while realizing that this word is merely a euphemism to justify an attempt to meet all tastes...
...University and Freshman crew squads were formally disbanded yesterday by Coaches Haines and Beane, as it was thought unwise to attempt to continue the rowing in face of the outbreak of war. The boat houses are to remain open, however, and Coach Haines will be on hand every afternoon until further notice to give individual instruction. Shells will be made up and sent out every day at 6.30 o'clock, in order that those Juniors, Sophomores and Freshmen who can spare the time may keep up their work in preparation for possible future seasons...
...afternoon there were some speeches in opposition, notably those of Senators Stone, Vardamann, and Norris. Senator Lodge, of Massachusetts, supported the action of the President in a stirring address, during the course of which he urged universal training and the seizure of German ships in our harbors. No attempt at a filibuster was made until Senator La Follette took the floor at about 7 o'clock. His speech, however, lasted for only three hours, and at 11 o'clock the measure was carried...
...vessels should clear our ports they would be captured by the British as soon as they were outside the three-mile limit, or they would be sunk by their commanders to escape capture. Any vessel which by chance slipped through the blockade would without doubt attempt to supply submarines or other warships, and to co-operate with them in attacks on American ships and coasts...
...Davison in proving false the prevalent notion that the American college student is too light-minded a creature to undertake anything worth while in intellectual or artistic fields, and too irresponsible to finish a good task begun. The singing of the chorus yesterday was more than a serious attempt honestly accomplished; one may judge it by mature artistic standards...