Word: effecting
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...meeting of the Charles River Dam Commission yesterday morning, the effect of the construction of the proposed dam on the public health was considered. Reports on the subject were made by H. H. Goodenough of the State Board of Health, Assistant Engineer C. B. Putnam of the Boston Park Department and W. F. Learned, town engineer of Watertown. These reports showed that the public health would not be menaced by the construction of the dam, in spite of the fact that a large amount of sewage is poured into the Charles River daily. Following the reports, the Committee proposed...
Various statements that have been made from time to time concerning the effect of success or failure in athletic sports on the resort to colleges have induced President Eliot to prepare tables of statistics giving the actual results, in terms of victory and defeat, of athletic contests between Harvard and Yale and between Yale and Princeton in each of the last ten years, and the registration of students in the subsequent academic years corresponding therewith. In commenting on the tables. President Eliot says: "One might suppose that the most immediate effect of victory or defeat in athletic sports would appear...
...continent to which, happily, the Monroe Doctrine does not extend. The announcement in Parliament the other day that England alone had sided with us in the Spanish war was made not to offset any rising collegiate feeling in America, but, it is presumed, as an effort to offset the effect of Prince Henry's visit...
...avoid being selected to represent their university in athletic competition on account of the many pleasures which they would have to give up and the laborious training which they would have to undergo. Possibly we train too little, they train too much. The climate no doubt has an effect upon both. It may be that the nerves and nervous nature of the American enable him to get a better start in short distance races; it may be that the stamina and endurance of the Briton enable him to last better in long distances. No doubt each has something to learn...
...meeting of the Intercollegiate Golf Association at the Holland House, New York, on December 21, it was decided to hold future intercollegiate tournaments in the fall instead of the spring. This rule will go into effect in the college year 1902-1903, when the tournament will be held in October. The tournament for this college year will begin on May 5 and will last for four days. No course has yet been decided upon. Hereafter the tournaments will be managed by a graduate...