Word: attempting
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...attempt from Love's Sickness...
...punishment as exists in the present undergraduate mind toward the man on probation? For utter non-chalance there is nothing like it. Not that the institution is ineffective, for the opposite is known to be true. But the light-hearted air in which one man, not on probation, will attempt to console his delinquent friend, cannot but appeal to the sense of humor. In the minds of the great majority, who are in good standing, probation is but a question of existing for a few months without the privilege of representing the University on teams, casts, or musical clubs...
...Endicott Peabody of Groton will assist in receiving at the Tea. We believe that the custom of having special guests on these occasions, whether they happen to be the weekly University preachers or not, is one to be decidedly encouraged. Especially should the committee in charge attempt to have the heads of the larger preparatory schools present, for often the college man, unable to return to school, would seize this chance to keep in touch with former interests. We understand that this custom has been in vogue in the past. We hope it will continue and the opportunities for meeting...
...tank is 20 yards long, making two and a half of its lengths necessary for a 50-yard swim, and is far larger than any tank formerly available for the University swimming teams. As many men as possible should attend the meeting this evening as the success of this attempt to renew intercollegiate swimming depends entirely on the interest taken in the movement and the amount of material from which the teams can be developed...
...resolved that the executive committee should attempt to affiliate the association with the Intercollegiate Associations of Amateur Athletes and Amateur Gymnasts of America in order that there might be closer co-operation between the three. Mr. Garcelon was appointed one of a committee of five to promote and regulate association football...