Word: effects
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...effect of a custom-tariff on wages...
...effect of our public land system on the national growth...
...innate evil of which that savage breast is capable. Study is quite impossible when a tuneful youth, lost in musical devotion, is giving vent to a series of efforts which cannot but be easily heard even from afar off. When more than one is performing, as sometimes happens, the effect is indescribable-it is really unique. But, in all seriousness, men ought to be more careful how they break the rules in this respect, for any such violation results in a great deal of annoyance to their neighbors. Because a man is courteous enough to undergo such an affliction without...
...could not flourish here, where we have more material and better accommodations for winter work. Even if the formation of a second eight be thought impracticable, the selection of a university "four" from the unsuccessful candidates for the university would still be possible and have almost as much effect in stimulating interest in rowing as the more extended plan. In any case we feel that a boom in rowing here would be an excellent thing, even now, when we have been most successful in this branch of athletics, and we would earnestly urge the boat club to give careful consideration...
...held and steadily growing. Moreover, it is our opinion that the present form of the marking system in use at Harvard is the very worst form that is anywhere in use. The subdivision of marks and impracticable distinctions employed at Harvard in many cases, are undeniably evil in their effect. The scale of 10 in use at many colleges or even of 5 in use at Amherst we believe is far preferable. The system is a relic of the educational methods formerly in vogue at this as well as all other colleges, but now with us in all other departments...