Word: effect
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...power among Harvard students to write finished and fine-spirited verse. More sustained effort is manifest in Mr. Hunt's adaptation of the delightful Middle-English lay "Sir Orfeo." This rendering--of which half is postponed to the December number-- is of striking excellence. Mr. Hunt employs with good effect an eight-line stanza, instead of the rhyming couplets of the original, but he adheres closely to the meaning and tone of the old poem. This is the only good translation of "Sir Orfeo" that has yet been made into modern English, and would be welcomed by many if published...
Lieutenant Gammon went on to explain many of the customs prevalent in China today, the religious of the people, and the effect of modern civilization upon them. He closed by showing the change which the new awakening of the people is bringing about in the country and what education is doing for a nation, the masses of which look back thousands of years for their ideals of civilization...
Professor Jeremiah Smith '56, Story Professor of Law, whose resignation has been accepted by the Corporation to take effect September 1, 1910, has been created Professor Emeritus...
...know the comparative disadvantage under which technical instruction is given in college, and we are not less aware of the great difficulty of teaching cultural and vocational subjects at the same time. The logical result of the policy would be that of Germany, where the university is in effect a collection of professional schools, and the underlying general education is given in the "gymnasium." Such a course has, indeed, been suggested, for it has been proposed to transfer so far as possible to the secondary schools the first two years of college instruction, and to make the essential work...
...loss by putting a certain portion of the plant out of commission. The enrollment of members has so far exceeded expectations that the Committee has decided to utilize the whole plant and to organize the service so as to accommodate 1200 members. As this change cannot be put into effect until after the Inauguration, all applications for admission received this week have been placed upon the waiting list. Beginning Thursday evening at dinner, all men on the waiting list will be admitted to the Hall until the number of 1200 is reached...