Word: effort
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...first Freshman smoker of the year will be held in the Dining Room of the Union tonight at 9 o'clock. There will be music and refreshments. As this is the first opportunity the Freshman class has had to meet together this year, every man should make a special effort to attend. All Freshmen will be admitted irrespective of whether they are members of the Union...
...worn ennui of two decades of life on this planet. The plot is a trifle better than the telling, but that fault can be remedied. A slightly cynical ending does not destroy the general simplicity. More ambitious and more difficult is the flight of "Tobias Medetates," the most important effort of this number. It is a venture into negro dialect; the character of Tobias is novel and strong. His doctrine of the "come-back" and his ironical "Yessir" are sure touches. I for one can stand more of Tobias. The telling, on the whole, is better than the story...
...institution of learning is to provide intellectual training. There are ways and ways of bringing this about, of course, but the fundamental way on which Harvard University as well as most of the universities of today was founded, is to provide a wholesome and keen enthusiasm for serious mental effort for the sake of the people who enter its doors. Other activities and aspects of the life have their value, largely in proportion to the moderation with which they are practiced, but it remains for the intellectual efforts and ambitions to be the basis for a college's real excuse...
...those men who have obtained honor stands in their work. It should emphasize the fact that more men are doing scholarship work each year, including men who are interested in other things as well, and that men are realizing more and more the intimate connection between vigorous intellectual effort in College and the attainment of distinction along this and other lines in later years...
Under the new system, a broader topic will be chosen than was possible before, and men may treat it as they see fit. There will be no arbitrary allotment of affirmative and negative, no attempt at concerted action. This will leave greater room for individual effort, and no previous schooling in debating will be necessary. Definitions, statistics, and citations will be less in evidence, while general intelligence and persuasive power will be of greater value than the ability to amass facts and draw fine distinctions...