Word: efforts
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...question of bringing this branch of the sport up to at least a level of mediocrity, if not of excellence, presents no inherent difficulty. Natural ability in the jumps and weights is not nearly so important a factor as in the running events. Honest effort on the part of reasonably well-conformed men under the direction of efficient coaching is all that is essential...
...Council passed a recommendation to the Faculty of Arts and Sciences that the number of theses, under the new plan of examinations in the Division of History, Government, and Economics, be cut down to a maximum of three each year; it also urged that an effort be made to have the required these serve in one or more courses wherever possible...
...ideal solution of the problem would be for the University to take over the Union, have the taxes removed, and appropriate for it some of the revenue to come from the increased tuition fee. This is a possibility; and every effort should be made to effect it before compulsory membership is definitely adopted. In the meantime a vote of the undergraduates should be held to determine their attitude for a firmer working basis. The Student Council's vote otherwise forces the grave danger of being unrepresentative...
...hospitality of Colonel Everett C. Benton to the Marchers reveals his approval of the University's effort to bear its part in providing the country with a reserve force of trained men. The excellence of the review on his estate not only won the applause of the four hundred guests who witnessed it, but surprised the Regimental Commander himself...
...lead of 10 yards over the field. Moore of Princeton and Meredith of Pennsylvania were fighting hard for second place. Wisconsin was hopelessly outclassed. At the final turn Willcox uncorked a beautiful sprint which carried him through the winner with Princeton second, and Pennsylvania third. Meredith made a desperate effort to overcome the lead of the Harvard and Princeton flyers, but he was able to gain only a little. Willcox's quarter was clocked...