Word: endeavors
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Again the independence of the Harvard man was voiced when Cahners concluded: "If a skilled athlete decides to abandon inter-collegiate competition and to devote more time to his studies, he is confronted by pleading fellow students and friends, coaches, and in some instances, officers of the University, who endeavor to rouse his conscience and sense of 'duty' to Alma Mater. Few young men can resist this pressure, especially in view of the social stigma attached to the 'quitter...
Divided into three arts--silverware, furniture, and paintings, the collection was gathered together by a committee of graduates to exemplify the type of artistic endeavor and domestic arts and crafts common to New England during the years...
...your Freshman year be an introduction to Harvard, a survey course. Don't hesitate to look around and try things out. Don't overspecialize in one line of endeavor. Don't let your studies get you down so that you feel that you cannot do anything else. Keep your head up, look around, and do a little judicious experimentation. Don't get into a rut during the first year. You will have three other years for this, and these three others cannot be enjoyed unless you have chosen wisely as a result of a well spent first year...
...concentration. In the past, many neophytes have not been warned about their approaching concentration and as a result have found themselves totally unprepared and unequipped to make an intelligent decision on this point. All prospective members of the Class of 1940 should bear this point in mind and endeavor to collect evidence concerning their likes and dislikes during the first part of the year so that they will know in what subject to specialize. Faculty decisions only lead to a waste of time...
...doctors, but I feel that this is a mystery to be solved by a detective, and this is why I secured permission from the Session of the Third Creek Presbyterian Church to again exhume the body of Peter Stuart Ney, and we propose to sift the earth in an endeavor to locate a silver plate which was thought to have been worn in Ney's head, and also a bullet that was supposed to have been in the calf of his leg. I have associated with me Frank N. Littlejohn, chief of detectives, who is today...