Word: effect
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...changes in that profession. The minister is no longer a performer of rites and ceremonials only, on which his power once lay. He must rest his reputation now on an exposition of the best and clearest literary effort of the best thinkers. Necessarily such an appeal can have little effect on the "less-thinking" part of the population, for whom ceremonial and vestment will always be attractive. In the Protestant Church, however, exhortation and counsel, will keep their place...
...advisability of young Catholics going to Harvard, so long as no equally good sectarian university existed. President Eliot said he himself held a somewhat different view; namely, that he considered the secular universities the best for all. In ending he quoted the President of Vermont University to the effect that the best men go to colleges where they are thrown together with fellows of various denominations and countries in order that they may be intellectually broadened...
...decision of Harvard and of a large majority of the universities and colleges of the East to submit the selection of football officials to a responsible central board, is a step which will have a very beneficial effect on the game. In football the officials have greater latitude than in any other important sport, and there is a correspondingly greater need that the men serving in this capacity should be the best obtainable. Increasing their number to three is a greater check on the players; but by supplementing this check with a carefully chosen body of officials, directly responsible...
From a Harvard view point the situation promises an unusual amount of interest. A new coach is taking up the task where Coach Reid left off. By two years of untiring effort Mr. Reid succeeded in establishing an efficient system, although judged by the results of important games, its effect was not immediate. We understand that Mr. Crane does not differ radically from his predecessor in his conduct of the squad. He is, moreover, fortunate in his assistants, several of whom are familiar with Mr. Reid's methods. It is in the choice of such men that a head coach...
Another rule was voted and passed at this meeting permitting students admitted with conditions in elective work to remove those conditions by courses in subjects other than those in which admission examinations are held. This rule goes into effect with the class...