Word: vain
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...first field day since the spring meeting in '80 was held yesterday. After waiting in vain for others to take the lead, the editors of the Era took the matter in charge, and succeeded in working up considerable enthusiasm. The result was very satisfactory, and it is more than probable that field day will be observed annually at Cornell in the future, which cannot fail to have a beneficial effect on her athletic interests. Most of the events were creditable, and in several the Cornell record was lowered. The money realized will be used either to furnish the students' assembly...
Rewards were vain; they found...
...into effect, the need of the school for a new building has been most apparent. The shelves of the library have been overcrowded with books, the lecture rooms are small and close, while the reading room cannot begin to accommodate the number desiring to use it. The corporation in vain asked for funds, and urged the necessity of a new building, paid in January, 1881, the corporation of Harvard College accepted the gift of $100,000 to build a new law school. Mr. Richardson, the architect, has been at work upon the plans since that time. A great deal...
...after which he proceeded to lay down the law in plain language, and ordered the classes to disperse. The freshmen, however, soon appeared again with another stick, and proceeded to march through the town. The sophs followed and made two or three desperate attempts to obtain it, but in vain; and the victorious freshmen carried it triumphantly through the main streets and deposited it safely in a room of one of their men. The affair was carried no further than lively pushing and wrestling, and no serious injuries were received...
...ministers were to be present. On arriving, he was surprised to find that after making himself known, no attention whatever was shown him, and from certain ominous whispers he inferred that he was an object of suspicion. His position was embarrasing, and the conduct of his brethren inexplicable. In vain he sought to make himself agreeable or useful, and when at last he was constrained to make a formal demand, he was informed that a few days before his arrival a letter had been received from the president of the college which he professed to represent, stating that he should...