Word: effort
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...School of Philosophy three new professorships will be absolutely essential. . . . It has been intimated that a serious obstacle in the way of gifts from generous friends of the college is the seeming apathy of the graduates of Princeton themselves, of whom it has been said that they make no effort whatever to exhibit their faith in the institution by pecuniary aid. There is reason to believe that this impression once removed by the endowment of one chair by the alumni, the funds to endow the other two chairs ($120,000 additional) will be forthcoming without delay...
...other prize to be won in the athletic arena. But at Yale there has in the past been an unfortunate feeling that this championship could add but little to the laurels won in other branches of athletics. The natural consequence of this feeling has been that the half-hearted efforts put forth to take a respectable position at the inter-collegiate games have invariably met with the humiliating defeat which they deserved. Now, however, that the college is fully alive to the importance of making a determined effort to win we have every reason to hope that the time will...
...British government is using every effort to bring the dynamite conspirators to justice. The royal assent has been given to the Harcourt bill, and unusual vigilance is to be exercised in all directions...
...sophomores are making a great effort for the race, and if they do not come in well at the finish it will not be on account of a lack of interest and labor. The crew averages 160 in weight and the men are all strong for their weight; they have not yet reached perfection in form, and much more hard work will be required to put the crew in good shape. The time of the whole crew is bad and the oars are allowed to sliver out at the finish, thus shortening the stroke at a vital point...
...collection of the class fund had been begun long before the mid-years, in some cases even before Christmas. '83's fund does not promise to be a large one, and therefore it seems to me there is, and for months has been, need of earnest and continued effort on the part of the secretary. To leave the entire work,- the collection of the funds and the writing of the class lives-until the last term of the year does not seem to be a course that will bring about the best results, and I am sure I express...