Word: efforts
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...take a few failures to make it evident that the plan is a serious effort to obtain better and more thorough work. Those men, who in choosing their concentration groups, are looking simply for six easy courses, had better choose some other field than Group...
Perhaps the contribution that most completely achieves its purpose is the anonymous "Les Lauriers sont Coupes," a vividly remembered picture of childhood in Brussels, full of detail yet unified and effective. Of the stories, Mr. Plummer's "Full o' the Moon" catches the spirit of Irish legend, though the effort at Irish idiom is a trifle apparent; and Mr. Grant Code's "The Smile" places an old theme in an up-to-date Central American setting with considerable success. The articles on topics of the day begin with Mr. J. S. Watson's "Art and Artificiality," a not quite articulate...
...University's run came in the fourth. With two down, Abbot reached first on Gardner's fumble, and raced to third when Harte singled to right, the latter reaching second on the throw. Knowles then rapped a hard grounder wide of first, and in Hoblitzel's futile effort to made the third out Abbot crossed the plate. Gregg filled the bases by hitting Fripp, but got out of the hole when Reed flied out to Hooper...
...question in which the Athletic Committee should not become involved is the irrelevant problem of professional and amateur athletics. Harvard is called upon to put forth teams and crews developed under given conditions, and Harvard, in fairness to her supporters, must leave no stone unturned in her effort to give her best. The question is simply this: Who is to have the right to select the oarsmen of the crew? Is that power to be vested in a young, inexperienced captain, or in a responsible, experienced coach, employed as a permanent authority? In fairness, alike to every captain...
...final heat of the 300-yard race, W. Willcox, Jr., '17 found the field too fast for him. He made a desperate effort to close up on the leaders, but was too tired after a strenuous qualifying heat and finished fourth. Kelly of Holy Cross won in 32 2-5 seconds, with Daisley of the N. Y. A. C. second and Meanix of the B. A. A. third...