Word: effort
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...account of the recent financial troubles, the committee which has had charge of the fund for a new Dental School building, has not lately made any effort to complete the necessary sum. It will be remembered that this movement was started last January. A public meeting was held in Horticultural Hall, at which President Eliot, Dr. McKenzie, Governor Russell, and Phillips Brooks made addresses. It was proposed to raise $150,000 for the erection of a building on the lot adjoining that owned by the Boston Medical Library Association on St. Botolph street...
...when Acton was replaced by Parker. Dartmouth soon found that the change had weakened Harvard, and proceeded to buck the line at left guard. Four times they succeeded in making their distance. Parker's inefficiency was owing to his failure to break through his opponent. Apparently he made little effort to tackle the runner until the latter had reached the line of the down. E. Jones played well for Dartmouth. He was unfortunate enough, however, to wrench his knee severely and forced to leave the game. Stone was substituted for him. Little, Folsom, Pollard, Dodge and Smalley also deserve mention...
...athletic interest in a manner which gives promise of good results. In football they have been a disapointment, but in the matter of rowing they seem to have grasped the situation, and there is a right spirit among them. If they retain their good resolutions and persist in their efforts through the preliminary work, the outlook for a good crew next spring will be excellent. If on the contrary, the men lose their earnestness and drop out because they do not find much fun in it, a gradual decadence of spirit will set in which will be a sure forerunner...
Owing to the financial distress which has prevailed during the whole summer, no systematic effort was made to enlarge the fund for the Phillips Brooks House. Up to Commencement the fund amounted to about $80,000. During the vacation small sums have been received, without, however, any solicitation...
...time. They want from two hundred and fifty to three hundred thousand dollars; one hundred and fifty for the building, and as much more to endow it. The committee do not wish to start their work till the times will warrant the whole fund. Then they will make every effort to complete it. There is, however, no haste about the matter...