Word: efforts
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...revenue, it was determined by the class officers in executive meeting to give from $150 to $200 to the Dinner Committee in order that the price of tickets for the dinner might in some cases be reduced without financial embarrassment to that committee. This step was taken in an effort to gather as large a percentage of the class as possible at the annual dinner, and the success of the occasion more than justified...
...wholly self-supporting may register this fall. An effort will be made to obtain a final decision as to the voting rights of men who are not entirely self-supporting before the elections next fall...
...mind, no more interesting experiment has been undertaken in any Eastern university in recent years than the establishment of the Freshman dormitories which go into service at Harvard when the College opens next week. It is, as our readers are aware, an effort to democratize Harvard, to mix more thoroughly the diverse elements which once a year are cast into that academic melting-pot. More than that, it introduces certain features of British undergraduate life into our college world, and will tend to emphasize the difference between Harvard College and Harvard University. It is by all odds President Lowell...
...such speculation. At this season of the year the agents of professional speculators usually approach first year men, especially Freshmen, and take advantage of their ignorance of conditions at Harvard to make contracts to take their tickets at a premium. The Association makes every effort to discover these cases and every applicant is warned that if his tickets are found in the hands of a speculator or to have been sold at a premium he will be blacklisted and denied the privilege of securing tickets on application for future games...
...seems, and all three are brainy workers. Talbot is a veteran and his experience gives him the preference, but both Connor and Pidgeon are too good not to receive an opportunity to work. Talbot was badly injured in the Harvard game last year and the coaches will make an effort to save him this year because he is a valuable baseball man. Connor, except for his extreme lightness, would probably have the call over both Pidgeon and Talbot. He is faster and handles the ball cleaner. He is also a good ground-gainer and may be used at halfback occasionally...