Word: striven
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...spoken as in written English, clearness, force and elegance must be striven for. Brea hing has much to do with clear speech and also conduces much to is forcibleness. Mechanical exercises in teaching are to be avoided. Surely reading Shakespeare's works gives abundant opportunity for the practising of all sounds, and the reading of novels, helps much in giving a resonant and delicate modulation of tone. Artificiality must be strictly avoided, though it is admissable in painting, sculpture and other arts. No man reads without its having an effect on his voice; he cannot speak well without a book...
There are several different forms of tolerance, but the best form, and that most to be striven for, is the one which, recognizing the largeness of truth, grants that our friend who differs from us, may have a glimpse of the truth, which, although not seen by us, is nevertheless truth. If we have a personal devotion to God, we shall find that the nearer we come to God, the true solution of the universe, the closer we are drawn to each other...
...therefore, highly important that the committee having the matter in charge should take immediate steps to begin again the work of canvassing for subscriptions. The freshman class has not been applied to and should respond most liberally inasmuch as it will doubtless enjoy the results which senior classes have striven to bring about...
...freshman, has just come from the high school and so neither is he a stranger on the Yale field. He played in place of Heffelfinger on Thursday and is reported as having shown great strength though much clumsiness. The other vacancy in the line, right tackle, is being striven for by Mills, Cochran and Winter. Mills played some last year but the other two men are quite new. Cochran while not so good a player as either Mills or Winter is noted for his great coolness and "sand" so that he may yet develop...
Many Alumni have together subscribed $500 for the purchase of a cup to be striven for every year in track contests. These athletic games must be held annually sometime in the month of May or June of each year, 1891 to 1899 inclusive, and the winner of the majority of these nine contests will become the possessor of the cup, which is to be known as the University Track Athletic Cup. The time and place for holding each contest, the number and nature of the events, the points that are to count, the rules regulating each contest and each event...