Word: attempts
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Harvard's attempt for 1887 seems to have been to overcome with unprecedently heavy rushing, the always sharper tackling of Yale and Princeton, and Harvard's success at this kind of game has been remarkable. Harvard produced an eleven of enormous weight both in the rush line and behind it-and this great physical power was concentrated with considerable skill. The Harvard system is very superior to the heavy rushing game that was so assiduously practiced by all three colleges some six years...
...wanted-one who has not been in the employ of any boat club preferred-who can keep his opinions to himself and make himself generally useful-just as the former janitor did. I desire to ask the men in college to co-operate with me in a proposed attempt to get a first-class man, by sending to me the names and address of any persons known to them who might fit into the place with all its requirements...
...which proved such a valuable substitute for the hydraulics, has been considerably improved this season. Last year, owing to the peculiar construction of the tank, the water would accumulate in one end after a few strokes, and it was impossible to row more than thirty strokes without stopping. An attempt has been made to claimant this difficulty by beveling the bottom in the corners of the tank near the bow of the boat and by erecting washboards near them. By means of these it is expected that the water will form two continuous currents-one on each side...
...doing so little. Life works by certain divine contagion. Facilities, opportunities, rules, standards, traditions-all are good; but life itself is better, and a working faculty will make a working school. That is the central fact of student life at Harvard; this is a working school. Space forbids any attempt to show here the courses of study, or to insert examination papers fitted to show what advanced students are expected to do. The chief fact is that the standards are all the time advancing, while methods are improved and facilities are increased. The library statistics form one index to show...
...knight attempt to benefit those laborers only who belong to their order, not to elevate labor in general.- Nation...