Word: efforts
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...spite of an early announcement in the CRIMSON, in spite of individual announcements to 150 men, in spite of every effort on the part of the Dinner Committee, only 49 members of the Sophomore class showed enough spirit and energy to attend the first of the series of class dinners last night. Except for this pitifully small attendance, which was not even enough to cover the guarantee, the dinner was most successful; every man with whom I spoke agreed with me in this, and in saying that the speeches by L. Withington, Jr., '11 and G. E. Jones '11 were...
...matter of a few minutes. It is now too late for hesitation in writing the biography to be an excuse for postponement. The CRIMSON hopes on behalf of the class of 1911 as a whole that those Seniors who have not yet sent in their "Lives" will make every effort to do so at once in compliance with their secretary's appeal...
...beginning of the last relay. Boyle, Pennsylvania's last runner, passed him on the first lap, but Jaques resumed the lead on the second. Boyle again passed Jaques and held the lead for the third and fourth laps. On the straightaway of the last lap, Jaques made a desperate effort to catch Boyle, and in the last 20 yards got the pole, and the two struck the tape almost together, Boyle winning by a matter of two or three inches...
...Yale and Princeton regular attendance at morning chapel is compulsory, and every year the senior class at Yale votes to have the custom continued. This shows that men who attend prayers regularly deem it worth the effort. While we do not approve of and would not for a moment advocate compulsory attendance at Harvard, we do wish to call the attention of the University to the fact that a short service is held in Appleton Chapel every morning at 8.45. There is some justification for this, for, as a rule, less than 100 men are scattered about the vacant pews...
Owing to the large number of applications and the limited number of entries available, many of the groups failed to draw any of the preferences named upon their envelopes where they did not give an extended list. In such cases, the committee used every effort possible to grant the applicants the best combinations remaining open to choice, although not specified...