Word: attempting
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...eight, while all of the others were members of the Freshman boat at Poughkeepsie. The present stroke has never rowed the position previous to this season. With this brief introduction to the crew, it can be seen that the Pennsylvania eight, at best, is most inexperienced, and that any attempt to discuss prospects or our possible position at the finish at Cambridge, would be futile...
...drive which bounded off Greeley's neck. In sliding for third he undermined. Fenn, catapulting him into the air, but little Roger came out on top in the end. Dunbar deserted the "sheet" and the crafty editorial-writer scooped up some pretty grounders making but one error on an attempt at a football catch...
...baseball game with the University of Vermont to be played on Soldiers Field this afternoon at 4 o'clock inaugurates the mid-season period of preparation for the University baseball team. The team's make-up is near the final settlement and the games from now on will attempt to instill sureness and team-work into the play...
...connection with this development in the nation, it is of interest to note the growth of the Department of Music at Harvard and its successful attempt to establish in Cambridge a musical centre. Harvard was the first of our large universities to offer a course in music as a part of its curriculum, and from that one small course there has been a steady growth, made possible by the interest of a considerable number of students, until now the Department offers twelve different courses. These enable the musician to do a good deal of practical and theoretical study, but their...
...changes of importance are included in the modification, just adopted, of the Old Plan of Admission to Harvard College. In the first place, an attempt has been made to foster the study of Greek by requiring one less examination if the candidate offers both elementary Greek and Latin. A change has been made in the nomenclature of the examination system: instead of requiring 26 "points" for admission the candidate must pass in studies amounting to 16 1-2 "units" of school work, a unit amounting approximately to one-fourth year of school work. However, provided the applicant for admission offers...