Word: vain
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...this fault is perhaps more excusable than many others which are generally forced on the notice of the reader. The only serious mistake can unfortunately be laid to the charge of no one in particular; but the unknown author of "A Poet" is sadly in error when, in his vain struggle to write verse, he says, "My words my servants are." To make this in any way credible, it would have to be added that they serve him but poorly...
...after this touchdown that Cornell showed her strongest play of the game and Curtis was barely saved from making a touchdown by Brewer's pretty tackle. Cornell tried in vain to buck the line and Ohl kicked. Brewer muffed the ball but dropped on it, and the play was soon in Cornell's territory. A safety and three more touchdowns, the last of which was the result of two brilliant runs by Brewer, left the score at the end of the first half...
...head of a large class and took the degree of Ph. D. at Yale in 1886. He taught in Illinois College till 1890, when he became an instructor at Yale. His work there has been of a high order, and the Yale faculty have in vain offered him all inducements in their power in hopes that he might remain there...
...varsity Glee Club to be held tonight in lower Dane Hall. It is probable that a good many new comers among us have looked at these notices with more or less envy but with a feeling that their efforts to get on the club would be in vain. Such a feeling as this has no place here at Harvard. Ability is ability no matter whether it is found in a freshman or a senior, and it is one of the characteristics of the place that ability will be recognized no matter where it may be found. The false modesty which...
...students that tomorrow night the first religious service of the year will be held in Appleton Chapel. The service is sure to be interesting from the character of the men who will conduct it. The students can make the visiting preachers feel that their sacrifice in not made in vain, if they attend the service in large numbers...