Word: effective
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...March 18, 1891, the Committee of the General Association of the students at Paris in the name of the association (a member of any of the higher institutions of learning is elligible to this association which now has nearly 4,000 members) adopted a series of resolutions to this effect: That every university ought to establish a committee of reception (Comite de Patronage) composed of friends of the university, with some representatives from the students themselves, similar to the committees already existing at Paris, Montpellier, in Sweden, and in Scotland. That when a student comes to any university with recommendations...
This scheme is to go into effect immediately at Paris. On completing the arrangements, we celebrated the event by a dinner last night at the Restaurant Foyot. The number present was about 35 representing seven or eight nations, with several members of the Comite de Patronage. The dinner passed off most pleasantly, and the after-dinner speaking was of an especially high tone. The toast of Professor Lovisse deserves to be repeated. Referring to the great agitation in favor of protective tariffs he said: "I drink to the free eirculation of students of all countries, and to the free baggage...
...report to the effect that Professor Royce had accepted a professorship in Philosophy at the Leland Stanford, Jr., University in California has appeared of late in several papers. We are assured that the report is mistaken and that Professor Royce has no intention of going to California, or of leaving his present position...
...again rowing 7. The crew is still in the barge and will probably stay there until a few days before they leave for New London. The rowing has not improved much since the class races. The catch is hard but it is not carried through with any effect. The watermanship is very poor. A quicker catch with a proper handling of the oars and a steady pressure from the stretchers to the end of the stroke will soon make the boat go faster...
...charming and interesting picture is given of the choir-boys of St. Paul's Cathedral, their life, duties and pleasures in the good old days when the Tudor family reigned over England. Much space is given to a description of their acting and the literary effect of these companies of choir-boys; for from the beginning of the English drama to the close of the theatres, children played a prominent part and affected both the acting and the literature of the Elizabethan stage...