Word: endeavor
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...experiences convinced me," he declared in a recent interview, "that the abolition of war is essential not only to progress in any field of social endeavor, but to the maintenance of present civilization. I returned to this country determined to unite the constructive forces of America for world peace...
...liberal efforts in behalf of American music. He is the founder and developer of the American Operatic School at Stony Point, on the Hudson, and will discuss its purposes and results at the meeting this afternoon. The school was founded for the study of American Folk Songs, in an endeavor to secure some basis for a distinctly American opera. A number of musicians live at the school and conduct original and special researches in these subjects...
...exceedingly well conducted. It was my impression that it was founded with the idea of summarizing the news of the day in an interesting manner in order that business and professional men might be spared the necessity of glancing through a large amount of present day news in an endeavor to cull the essential facts therefrom...
...talk to the University Law Society last night at Phillips Brooks House Judge Irving Lehman gave some advice to lawyers on how to win the feelings of the jury. According to Judge Lehman the lawyer who can convince the jury of his own endeavor to get at the truth has won half the battle. He also said that the lawyer who appeals to the passions or sympathies of the jury is taking a very dangerous risk of antagonizing them, because, he said, the juries of today are mostly honest men who are seeking after the truth and they feel that...
...pole vault that the greatest weakness was shown yesterday. The highest actual jump was made by L. O. Combs '26, who jumped 11 feet. In former meets the University has always been week in this field. Special attention is being given to the pole vaulters this fall, in an endeavor to improve their performance. With this end in view motion pictures of various pole vaulters in action will be shown to the squad of vaulters at the Varsity Club next Monday night at 8 o'clock...