Word: effort
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...movement has been on foot at Columbia to give up athletics altogether, owing to lack of interest and the class debts of $2,834. An attempt will be made, however, to raise enough money to cover this sum, and also to make a last effort to revive the former enthusiasm for athletics...
...take this opportunity of wishing them all the success which they deserve and will doubtless gain. They have a chance upon this trip to work much good for Harvard. They are the Harvard students' regularly accredited representatives, and as such they will be treated. It should be their effort in such a position to reflect due credit upon the University. In the West where Harvard is often ignorantly or wilfully misunderstood, there is an excellent chance for the men in the musical clubs to correct any wrong impression which may exist. These are, moreover, the few opportunities which the graduates...
...attributed to the facilities offered by the class-room libraries. The total number of books loaned for the year has been 85,897. In 1889-90 it was 84,191. The large number of admittances granted to the stack in 1889-90 were found to cause much inconvenience. Every effort is therefore being made to reduce the number of stack cards issued from year to year...
...will wish to make some return or at any rate ought to. Often the return is made unconsciously. The revelation will of itself influence the character and, shining of its own accord, will make the receiver himself a bearer of the good news. In such a case all the effort it costs to give such eloquent thanks is merely that of comprehending the splendor of the gift...
...some vigorous action should be taken. If any plan can be devised for protecting the libraries and the honest users of them, even though it involve some inconvenience, it should be put in operation. Further, the men who use the libraries should unite for their own protection in an effort to detect those who abuse the privileges given them. It is disagreeable and distasteful advice to offer. We hate to be forced to it. But it seems the last and most forcible way for public opinion to express itself...