Word: attempt
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...distinguished from any particular plan which may be proposed, the cause which has called forth the University Club scheme, is one into which every Harvard man should enter with whole-hearted enthusiasm. This plan merits attention because it is an honest attempt to meet certain well-defined needs of our university life. Whether or not it is the best solution of the problem, the problem itself is one to which we should devote ourselves seriously...
...graduate committee, which has been in charge of the affair for some time, has heretofore refrained from activity for two chief reasons. One was "hard times," which discouraged any attempt to raise the large sum required. The other reason was that the committee has not felt at all sure that the club is generally desired by the undergraduates. The first cause is at least partially removed. Now it is in order to remove the second stumbling block once for all that the call is made for a mass meeting...
...competitions for the last few intercollegiate debates. Under the present system there is absolutely no way of judging what skill any competitor has in rebuttal, since each man makes but one five minute speech in which there is usually no pretence at replication of any kind. The only attempt that has ever been made in any competion to test the candidates on rebuttal was three years ago, when a scheme was hastily formulated on the evening of the first trial by which five men were chosen. These men spoke afterwards in rebuttal against five other men, three men being then...
...association is vested in an executive committee of twenty-four members, to be chosen immediately by ballot. Provision is made for balloting by mail at subsequent elections. It is not proposed that this executive committee shall interfere with the managers of teams, dictate the choice of coaches, or attempt in any way to control the undergraduates, nor will it permit the association to become arrayed against either the University authorities, the Athletic Committee, or against any body or individual interested in Harvard Athletics. It will, however, seek to establish intimate relations with all, in full confidence that they are ready...
...rumored that next year the Cambridge authorities will make an attempt to go still further in the taxation of the University property. By the Supreme Court decision in the Williams College litigation it was found to be possible to assess professors' houses belonging to Massachusetts colleges, and this was accordingly done at Williams, Tufts and Harvard. Recently the Foxcroft Club was taxed for the first time, and now it is said that the University dormitories and Memorial Hall are to be assessed. If this question should be raised, it can be settled only by a long and expensive legal contest...