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Word: efforts (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Lawton will give his second lecture on the Medea of Euripides tonight in Sever 11, at 7.30. Those who listened to his interesting lecture last week will need no urging to hear him again, but those who were unable to hear him last time should certainly make every effort to be present tonight...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Mr. Lawton's Lecture this Evening. | 1/15/1889 | See Source »

...sentiment of the undergraduates and instructors is unanimous, but the benefits to be derived from lighting the library are so manifest as to make all those who are in the habit of using the library anxious to see electric lights introduced. Two or three years ago a strong effort was made to induce the corporation to to light the library during the evening, but as the use of electricity would have been very expensive, and the use of gas out of the question from the risk of setting the library on fire, the corporation took no active steps...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 1/14/1889 | See Source »

Cornell is making every effort to place a successful crew on the water in the spring...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fact and Rumor. | 1/11/1889 | See Source »

...come out and try for the crew, or at most, delay and make excuses for coming out later on, are deserving of censure. The crew made a good showing in the fall class races, but to win the race with Columbia next June, they need to make every effort and to make use of the best and sturdiest material in the class, which material is represented by the football men. We urge every one of these men to respond to the call of the captain of the crew and present himself as a candidate. The class and the college needs...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 1/9/1889 | See Source »

...welcome, and assured the members of the clubs that they would be hailed with great enthusiasm at the concert on the following evening. His words were proved true. Entertainment Hall was filled with a brilliant audience. So much was expected of the students, that they put forth every effort to please and with the exception of a little hesitancy due perhaps to incipient stage fright, the concert was a complete success. The hall made singing difficult on account of its poor acoustics. Mr. Longworth was not able to accompany the party farther than Cincinnati. His place was taken...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The First Christmas Tour of the Glee and Banjo Clubs. | 1/4/1889 | See Source »

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