Word: attempting
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...early now to attempt to pick the make-up of the crews. Although the old men by virtue of their experience have a certain advantage, there are in every squad new men who show much promise and who if they continue to improve have an excellent chance of supplanting some of the more experienced...
...editorial in the current number of the Advocate which receives notice in another column is, as there stated, an attempt at an explanation of the failure of undergraduate literary work to attain a higher standard, by suggesting that it is due to lack of experiences which furnish live topics to write about. The writer says truly that experience is necessary, "for nothing is heeded which has not the ring of actual knowledge." He goes on to say that the college man exhausts his stock of college experiences in his Freshman and Sophomore years and then "grows stale...
...years these lectures have proved generally useful and popular, and it seems only fitting to bring them especially to the notice of the Freshman and Sophomore classes, which have not as yet had the privilege of attending a course of this nature. As has been announced the course will attempt to trace the relationship of the different novelists as closely as possible, and will prove of great practical value...
...Different Corner," an answer to Harvard Episodes, is above cleverness. It has a serious intent and contains genuine sentiment. There is no attempt to express more than a small part of the ideal side of Harvard life, but it is an effort in the right direction and well done. The writer of "A Cuban Romance" might have made more of his subject without making his story any longer. The writing is forcible and compelling, however. An amusing incident is related in "A Sketch...
...hope that next year and in future years the undergraduates would undertake fitting celebrations of the event, just as the class of '93 instituted the Memorial Day services. The hint has been acted on much more promptly than Mr. Copeland expected, and although lack of time prevents any attempt at an elaborate celebration this year, the morning service at Chapel on Saturday will, thanks to some commendable activity, be devoted to President Lincoln's memory...