Word: effort
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...series of shot putting contests, the first of which is to take place at the Gymnasium this afternoon, is the result of a praiseworthy effort on the part of the Mott Haven management to strengthen this year's team in this respect. It is to be hoped that all who are naturally fitted for the game will do their part in entering the competition and in practicing regularly with the shot putting squad...
Albert E. Hancock makes an ambitious effort at sustained poetry in "Michelangelo and Vittoria Colonna." At times he is good,- so good in fact that it seems a pity that the whole is not better. As a whole the poem can hardly be called a success...
...Administrative Board of Harvard College, after a careful consideration of the petition and pledge of the undergraduates regarding the recent disturbance in and about Harvard Square, is glad to accept the co-operation of the students in the effort to preserve order and the good repute of the University...
...change in sentiment does not seem hard to explain. Declamation, except perhaps by a professional who has spent many years in training, is unreal and uninteresting. Declamations worth listening to can hardly be expected from a student who has few opportunities for training and whose effort at the contest is the result of two or three weeks of work. The average Boylston Prize declamation is little more than an exhibition of memory. Debating has the advantage of being within the powers of the average student; and even poor debating is valuable, as poor declamation is not, because...
...been taken from Memorial Hall to the new meeting room of the faculty in University Hal in order to improve the acoustics of the room. The bare walls formerly caused such an echo that it was impossible for a speaker to make himself heard throughout the room without an effort...