Word: effort
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...stay away. It is galling to the instructor to see men troop in one by one after the lecture has commenced. Undoubtedly some of the blame for this tardiness rests upon the instructors who thoughtlessly keep their classes beyond the proper limit, but with a little more effort on the part of the students, the annoyance incident to late attendance would be greatly obviated...
...probability that the Harvard faculty would forbid the New York game. But the Harvard manager spoke to the captain of the Yale eleven on the subject and was plainly given to understand that such mention of the possible difficulty was sufficient, and that if any difficulty should arise effort would be made to settle it agreeably to both parties. Now, however, the Yale captain declares that the question was one for the convention to settle and should have been brought up before it when it was met. This sudden and decidedly questionable shift on the part of the Yale captain...
...Every effort is being to bring out the best men in the class, and by this time it ought to be thoroughly understood that it is absolutely necessary for every man who intends, at any time in the year, to present himself as a candidate for any position on the crew, to commence training...
Captain Finley, of the University Crew, has determined that the candidates for next year's crew shall have the benefit of a rowing tank in which to practice during the coming winter, and he is making every effort to accomplish his purpose. It was at first hoped that arrangements could be made to have the tank placed in the Hemenway gymnasium, but permission to do this has been absolutely refused by the authorities. There is no doubt, however, that permission will be granted to build the tank in the old gymnasium, opposite Memorial Hall, which is at present unoccupied. This...
...conceded by boating authorities that a tank is indispensable for the success of our crew. The announcement, therefore, that efforts are being made to build a tank here, similar to the one used by the candidates for the Yale crew during the past two years, will doubtless be hailed with satisfaction throughout the college. Permission to build a tank in Hemenway gymnasium has been refused, but there is no reason why one cannot be constructed in the old gymnasium on the delta opposite Memorial Hall. The building is now useless, except as a storehouse for all sorts of rubbish...