Word: efforts
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...pleasant to record such an united effort in behalf of Mother Harvard, for she exists only through the constant labour and bounty of her friends. It is her whole mission in life to pour out her blessings on us, and we as grateful children, can do no less than hold up and strengthen her hands, thus emulating the example of her friends outside, who have of late showered her with gifts in so splendid and thoughtful a fashion...
...years ago, the speaker said, an effort was made at Yale to interest a group of Japanese students in devotional Bible study. These men, after consideration, declared they were willing to go into study of religious subjects, but wanted to know whether it was worth while to take up a book written two thousand years ago. The objection raised by these students lingers with other men today. Is Bible study adaptable and helpful to men of the present?--they ask, and sometimes answer...
...faults of the team during the week have been traceable to general slowness. The line-men have not been quick enough in charging, and the backs have lost time in starting. Only straight rudimentary football has been used and an effort has been made to put an end to all the elementary general faults...
...everything depends upon the guards, every effort is made to find brilliant players for this position. One man has been found, Piekarkski, a schoolboy from Wyoming Seminary, who is two inches over six feet in height, and weighs 195 pounds. He is developing into a hard line-bucker, and will probably play right guard. The other guard has not been found. Baird, McCabe and Sterner are all good men, the former being by far the best line-bucker. He was Captain Hare's substitute last year. Teas, last year's guard, has just come out, but he is still playing...
Fall baseball practice began yesterday, and will be continued as long as the weather permits. A continuous practice game was kept up yesterday afternoon, and all the candidates played a short time. The pitching and fielding were both done without much effort at speed, and served only to get the men limbered up. Sixty-four men were out, including Captain Wendell and Clarkson, Stillman, Murphy and Coburn of last year's team...