Word: attempts
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...University baseball squad has had no out-door practice as yet, the process of selection has gone on rather slowly in spite of the fact that the squad has been considerably reduced. No attempt will be made to pick definitely the men for the various positions until all have been thoroughly tried in outdoor practice. The work of the men, as a whole, is promising. In batting, however, there is still room for much improvement...
...crisis came last fall. At the time of the famous Jameson raid he was a member of the Reform Committee of the Johannesburg Outlanders. In his lecture tonight Dr. Wolff will give an outline of the condition in which the Outlanders have been of late years and will attempt to show the justice of their claims...
...present writer is too unfamiliar with the dialect of the English countries to attempt to criticise that of "A Child of All Fools," by Rowland Thomas. The plot is slight, the suggestion vague, but the characters as individuals are well drawn and the dialogue is well worked...
...White's article on the "French Drama of Today," is a gallant attempt to treat in a very limited space a subject of almost unlimited proportions. The article bears too much resemblance to a catalogue of plays. The only piece of verse in the number, the "Ripple-Song," by R.M. Green '03, is an excellent example of the better class of undergraduate verse. The use of the metre shows great skill and good taste...
...interested in the recent communication of "Junior" inquiring why the salary of the steward of Randall Hall was raised. Not being good at guessing enigmas, I shall not attempt to answer it, more than to say that he doubtless needs the money. The steward at Memorial, in order to get his salary, is obliged to guarantee the cost of board, which, notwithstanding the increased cost of meats, etc., is virtually what it was last year, while prices at Randall are much higher. Take eggs for example. They cost 14 cents a dozen or less; after being cooked, they are sold...