Word: endeavors
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...college. It appears that, with the exception of Yale College, all the leading educational institutions of New England have united with Harvard in the movement, and have issued identical lists of the literary works with which freshmen are required to be familiar. So far as the purpose of this endeavor is concerned we have only the heartiest approval to express. We hold a thorough mastery of the English language to be the one thing absolutely essential to the education of English speaking men, and we regard the literature of the English language as the one literature with which...
...preparation of the food. One change, which was recommended by the CRIMSON, has already been made. The regular set bill of fare has been changed as far as possible and is varied from day to day, with excellent results, while additional dishes often appear at breakfast. The directors endeavor to remove the causes of complaint whenever possible. As an instance, several additional pounds of coffee are now used every day to remedy the weakness of the coffee which was objected to. Airing the hall more, so that the unpleasant odor may not be so perceptible as heretofore, will necessitate...
...Barrett Wendell's reply, terse and clear, is as follows: "Pressure of professional work forbids me to send other than the briefest answers to your questions of the 12th. I answer them in order: 1, low; 2, by a persistent endeavor to impress on newspaper men some sense of veracity; 3, something not scandalous...
...send out Cornell's first eight, and they may be helping-happy thought-to diminish Yale's "big head." The honor of sitting in Cornell's first eight will be sufficient incentive for an unusual amount of training. We hope that we have caught your attention and we shall endeavor to hold it.- Cornell...
...last issue of the CRIMSON for 1887 appears to-day. With the next issue the management of the paper will have changed hands. It shall be our earnest endeavor to keep the paper up to its standard throughout the year 1888; but to do this we look to the college for literary and financial support-the former especially among the lower classes. We extend our best wishes to instructors and students alike for a "Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year...