Word: attempting
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...purpose to disavow Mr. Fleming's definition of the word "soviet." It is, however, extremely maladroit for him to attempt to establish any real connection between a soviet government and our own. Let us not quibble over words. Does Mr. Fleming mean, "Do you believe in American or Bolshevist government?" Then we conservatives, who, through some inexplicable idiosyncracy, still cling to the principles of our Constitution, feel bound to protest...
...meeting of the Debating Council, plans were also made, subject to the approval of the faculty, for a fall University debate with Dartmouth and a fall Freshman debate with a neighboring preparatory school. A great attempt will be made to institute a program that will last continuously from the first of November to April, when the season will end with a University triangular debate with Princeton at Cambridge and with Yale at New Haven...
...many riots are occurring. The papers are filled almost daily with the account of some mob violence. The latest incident on this path to anarchy is the attempt of ex-service men to stop by unauthorized force the German opera given at the Lexington Theatre, New York...
...attempt to secure the co-operation of large business houses will also be made in the extension of the new courses. Export and import houses will be asked to submit specific trade problems for discussion in classes. If possible, men specializing in foreign trade will be given an opportunity to spend their summer vacations with such firms, in order to gain practical experience...
...present an attempt is being made to arrange games with the Technology Sophomore team, and especially with the Yale seconds...