Word: endeavors
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...candidates. In so large a class there ought not be any lack of material, and we hope '86 will make as good showing on the diamond as she bids fair to in other athletics, and trust if she is defeated by Yale it may not be for want of endeavor...
...eleven or the corporation to prevent its repetition. The only method of doing this is the extreme one of refusing to play Yale hereafter. Now that the college faculty has taken such pains to eradicate all professionalism from college athletics, I think they should go further and endeavor to keep out all "Yaleism." I do not wish to say anything against any of the Yale eleven personally; but, to draw it as mild as possible. I believe that their enthusiasm and earnest desire to win, laudable enough in itself, causes them to lose all control of themselves and leads them...
...first time in the history of Harvard's athletics, the college has felt itself called upon to express the most decided disapproval of an opponent's conduct during an inter-collegiate contest. Whether their representatives gained victory or defeat Harvard audiences have always used every endeavor to encourage good plays, and have applauded each and every one impartially. Saturday's game, however, made a decided change; for every impartial spectator joined his protest with that of the college men against the deliberate fouling and other illegal practices employed by our opponents. Such a game cannot be mentioned under the name...
...sure all present felt deeply touched by the story of the devotion and self-denial of the noble men who are bravely struggling to build up Roanoke College, doing what is to them a sacred work. For some years past he had learned of this heroic and self-sacrificing endeavor and the more he knew of the work and its representatives the more he esteemed both, and such would be the case with all as they become acquainted with President Dreher and the college. Roanoke is now what Harvard was 100 years ago, in buildings and the number of professors...
Chas. H. Reed, late counsel for Giteau, will endeavor to secure the passage of a bill through Congress granting...