Word: endeavoring
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...darkest before dawn." Once upon a time this may have been quoted by some optimistic undergraduate. But after so many phantoms of false morning in the days of Harvard athletics, after so many years of Juggernaut-like sacrifice on the part of the players; after an humble but ceaseless endeavor by all undergraduates to nourish in their midst a situation, maimed, tethered and hamstrung, all those interested in sport are by this last absurdity fairly roused into sitting up and taking notice. The only apparent opportunity to express one's sentiments to this august body of invisible patriarchs, whose longevity...
...should not the Faculty make a determined endeavor to arouse academic interest, too, rather than try to stunt the growth of a strong and healthy athletic interest...
...must play a large part; but life at Harvard means more to us than the mere study, for which primarily we have come to Cambridge. It means four years of active competition with men of our own age and tastes; competition in any one of a hundred branches of endeavor; competition that is selfish in part, but in the end binds us the more closely to the men with whom we must compete. It means, further, four years of life in a world of our own, bringing pleasures, disappointments, victories and defeats...
...decided to make an endeavor to secure the attendance of Mr. Bryan to deliver an address at the University. Campaign literature will be distributed and a canvass made to get out the Bryan vote...
...intellectual and moral ideals of boys and girls. Parents should begin the training of their children early, and be more strict in refusing their children pleasures that will interfere with their school-work. There should be some real home interest in the life of the community and a real endeavor to interest the child in the best literature by reading aloud. The table conversation should not be on the malfeasances of the cook, the fluctuations of the stock market, or the doings of the neighbors, but on matters of larger interest, such as literature, morals, and politics. In conclusion...