Word: effective
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...require them to do so. They are active in prayer meetings and other religious work that is optional, so to speak. Compulsion is to them no hardship. They do not fully understand the feelings of those who protest against it, nor do they take into account the inevitable effect of compulsion in the minds of those who unwillingly submit. It is from those who do not feel the weight of compulsion that instructors are selected, who are in course of time to take part, in some colleges, in the government of the institution and to carry with them into...
...call for a foot ball mass meeting on Tuesday evening meets with our heartiest approval. The sooner a committee sets to work to effect the desired changes in the rules the better Moreover, we hope that when the meeting is held, and men are nominated for positions on the amendment committee they will consent to stand as candidates and not jump up with that surprising alacrity which characterizes some men when their names are mentioned for office, to beg leave to decline the nomination. If all men who are nominated stand, there will be an opportunity to elect the best...
pass a rule to the effect that: "If any eleven shall refuse to agree to the referee's decision, and shall delay the game more than five minutes, the game shall be declared forfeited, and shall be given to their opponents." This plan worms admirably in the different base ball leagues, where a nine finds fault with the umpiring, and it serves as a wholesome check on those inclined to 'kick...
...highly startling and instructive item has been going the rounds of the collegiate press for the last few weeks, to the effect that out of about 600 graduates of Vassar, less than one-third have married. This piece of news seems to have a magnetic fascination for the average college editor...
...rules to be submitted to the faculty, and in turn adopted by the convention, as a condition of Harvard's continuing to play. To these suggestions Mr. White answered that the faculty could not go on experimenting; this was tried last year without any beneficial effect. Capt. Kimball then affirmed that owing to a change in the sentiment of Yale and Princeton, that new regulations could be more easily urged upon them than last year; and Mr. Noble spoke for increased power for the referee to enforce the existing rules, which as they stand are sufficient to prevent objectionable play...