Word: effort
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...last game of the series between Harvard and the Boston league team will be played on Jarvis Field this afternoon at four o'clock. Harvard will make every effort to win this last game. Manager Selee will send out his strongest team, and one of the most exciting contests of the year may be looked for. No one can afford to miss...
...second to third on a passed ball and tried to make home. It was perfectly evident to all the spectators that he must be caught, and either he was very badly coached or very foolhardy. In the second inning the Worcester pitcher threw very wild to first in an effort to catch Cook napping and Cook had plenty of time to run around the bases. He came home in a jog, only to be called out for not touching third...
...Boston, next Tuesday evening, April 14, for the benefit of the university crew. It will be remembered that the Boston concert last year was not a financial success; this was owing to the fact that these concerts cannot be advertised. This year the crew management is making a determined effort to insure financial success to the concert, and the effort should meet with a proper response from the students...
...Cornell, gave his extensive library to the University was that a School of History and Political Science should be founded. The Executive Committee of the University has been engaged for several months on the organization of this school, and expect to have the work completed in June. No effort will be spared to strengthen the department in every way possible as it is intended that the courses offered shall be the most complete given in this country. It is announced that two new fellowships of $500 each will be established. At a meeting of the Executive Committee this week Professor...
...college sport, we still have the plain fact before us that, by refusing to contest in it this year, we should deliberately lessen our chances for the Mott Haven Cup. We cannot afford to lessen these chances for victory; and for that reason the captain is making every effort to put a winning tug-of-war team in the field. The duty of the college is plain enough. They must come forward in all earnestness, and back the captain up. There are plenty of men in college from whom to choose winning material. These men must decide whether...