Word: effective
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...victories on the Thames last spring are having due effect in the greatly increased interest in rowing. No other branch of athletics reaches so many men, - between 60 and 70 men are now rowing regularly every day, - and no other one athletic sport is doing as much good in improving the general physical average among our college men. But in spite of all this, the University Boat Club is several thousand dollars in debt, with no apparent prospect of diminishing this debt during the present year. There will be a general canvass of the college during the next few weeks...
...convey much weight. The variation in physical condition, before and after the acquirement of a collegiate education was only three per cent. This fact, which is the one from which any conclusion can be drawn, might be the result of improved hygienic surroundings, both mental and physical, making the effect of study itself wholly negative in character. - N. E. Medical Monthly...
...natural effect has been to make our professors and many of the trustees look upon some permanent student committee as a growing necessity, and we now have promise that...
...soloist was Mr. Alex. Lambert, of whom little seems to be definitely known. The concerto did not receive quite the treatment that it deserved. The performance was, on the whole, sufficiently brilliant, but the effect was marred by occasional carelessness, while all attempts at forte playing resulted in a surprising harshness of tone...
...this way a real evil is averted and a decidedly pleasant feature of Harvard life brought into its due prominence. The CRIMSON itself has not been lacking in this matter, and learns with pleasure that a recent announcement in its columns, concerning a contemplated (?) cut, had the very desirable effect of keeping both students and instructor from the lecture room. This custom of "cutting" on the part of instructors is a good one, and cannot be too strongly encouraged...