Word: effective
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...woman has been elected to the college board of trustees at Cornell. President Schurman says: "It is a courteous recognition of woman's right to govern as well as to study at Cornell; and if it shall have the effect of leading women to interest themselves in a practical way in promoting the development of the university, the precedent is pretty certain to be followed in future years...
...direct effect of these changes has plainly been to do away with much of the notoriety of the big games. While interest has not been at the fever heat of former healthy. Though moderate, it has not been half-hearted. Indirectly, the changes mentioned have their influence in lessening the evils of excessive training and in doing away with brutality. It has been shown that a high grade of team work can be developed without the hard spring and summer practice, and that the game loses none of its interest either for spectators or for players because it is played...
...Associations to become strong so far from the inspiring influence of the University. The graduates are not so thick as about Boston and they find it hard to keep in touch with the spirit of their Alma Mater unless they have some direct message from Cambridge itself. The uniform effect of the coming of the musical clubs or of President Eliot to a western city is to gather together the Harvard alumni and to revivify the Harvard Club of that part of the country. Now that the Faculty have taken away one of the means whereby the western graduates...
Next Saturday Yale will play the annual game with Princeton-the big game of the season for us, and as a natural effect the eleven is getting everybody's attention. Secret practice for half of each afternoon has been going on for some time, and the coaches have enlarged their exertions if not their numbers, to improve line work and other weak points, and get the team into championship form. As far as Yale men are concerned, it is safe to say that not for the last five years has the result of this game seemed more doubtful or more...
...varsity practice last Saturday did not show much improvement. About ten coaches were on the field, but their exhortations had little effect...