Word: effort
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Castle Square Opera Company makes a radical departure from its usual line of productions the coming week as its members will appear for the first time in a Wagner music drama, "Lohengrin" having been selected for this entrance upon the new field of musical effort...
...prospects for the Freshman Glee Club are at present somewhat better than they were. At the first two trials for candidates, the material was so poor that no effort was made to form a club from it. At a third trial, however, which was held Tuesday evening the showing was a good deal better. Nearly forty candidates tried and among them there was some fairly good material. From this number the following twenty-four men were taken on for further trial...
...competitions. He was on the junior team that won the open championship last spring in New York. Moreover, there is a great lack of new material. In view of these facts the members of the Fencing Club and every one in the University interested in fencing must exert every effort if Harvard is to maintain its high position this year. Both the intercollegiate championship, which has been held for four years, and the junior championship, which was instituted last year, must be defended against strong opponents. The latter is open to men who have never received prizes in fencing competitions...
...faith was the dominant note and the inspiration of mediaeval art; on the other hand, the art of the Renaissance reflected the freedom of though and the tendency to classicism of the Renaissance itself. Its spirit was essentially mundane and finally became, in imitation of the Greeks, a mere effort to depict physical beauty. The Italian antists, however, took the later Graeco-Roman period for a model rather than the classic Greek and in consequence took eventually a very artificial tone. In the fifteenth century this was less noticeable, but in the sixteenth century art became very artificial...
...absolutely necessary that every man who was physically able should try for the team and make the very best of his advantages. For two years Harvard has lost what used to be considered a certain victory. It is time to brace up and profit by mistakes. The first effort must be to develop the full strength of the University and not to go into the games with a crippled team...