Word: effecting
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...artistically arranged. As a central lighting fixture in each room was a large gilt sunburst, illuminated by frosted and red bulbs. From these were festooned Japanese lanterns and great masses of southern smilax. In the Writing and Game Rooms yacht signals and pennants added to the gaiety of the effect. The boxes were separated, some by screens, others by the thick-hanging vines, and all were filled with a profusion of sofas, chairs, pillows, and rugs, with potted plants and flowers in every corner...
...team which defeated Yale on Saturday certainly deserves all possible credit and praise. It emphatically proved the fallacy of the statement one hears occasionally to the effect that a Harvard team cannot win an uphill game. It is work of this sort that attracts the support of the undergraduates to a team. A continuation of hockey teams such as this year's should make hockey a major sport before many years are passed...
...first half the small size of the rink, to which Yale was well accustomed, had a noticeable effect on the Harvard seven, and there was very little attempt at team-play. The Yale forwards, on the other hand, showed unexpected speed and always broke up the passes of their lighter opponents. Consequently the Harvard forwards tried individual work which met with no success against the concerted defence of Swenson and Brooks...
...important business meeting of the Phillips Brooks House Association will be held in Brooks House to act on the amendments proposed by the Cabinet, providing in effect that the election of officers shall be by Australian ballot, and that the officers shall take office in April, when the annual business meeting shall be held, this morning at 8.30 o'clock. A quorum of twenty-five is necessary to act upon these amendments...
...blank requisitions will be furnished to all who have occasion to buy supplies to be paid for out of University funds and these requisitions when filled out and signed will be accepted by the Co-operative Society at its store. It is hoped that the plan will not only effect a considerable saving in University expenditure through standardization of qualities and prices, but will prove a convenience to officers of instruction and administration as well as expedite the delivery of supplies when ordered...