Word: strenuously
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...drew a vivid picture of Christ's temptation by Satan and urged that Christ's example of fortitude be followed by every student. He declared that vanity and ambition were two faults especially to be avoided by students in a large university, and it was only by the most strenuous efforts that each student could live the life which looks to noble men for approbation. After the address the Glee club sang Shelley's "Hark, hark my soul," and the benediction was pronounced. The musical features of this service were especially noteworthy...
Notwithstanding the number of candidates, the outlook for the nine this year is very gloomy. The quality is by no means equal to the quantity, and only by the most strenuous exertions can the nine hope to make a worthy showing on the field this spring...
...Bicycle Club has made extensive preparations for this race and has done everything in its power to make it a success. Thus everything now depends upon the condition of the roads, which were declared to be in good order yesterday. Technology has a flourishing club and will make strenuous efforts to make Harvard take second place. Whoever wins, the energy displayed by the Harvard Bicycle Club in perfecting the arrangements for this race show that the management of the club is in able and efficient hands...
...district system has been in use, and strenuous efforts have been made by Congress and by different States to introduce it still further.- Lalor's Encyclopaedia...
...winter meetings are drawing near, strenuous efforts are being made by nearly all the classes to select good tug of-war teams. Eighty-nine is exerting itself particularly, and the candidates practice every afternoon about four o'clock. Fourteen men are trying for positions-J. H. Sears, Stevenson and F. M. Brooks for anchor; Grew, Marquand, Deblois and Green for No. 1; Hunneman, Hunter, Raymond and Bartharlow for No. 2; Endicott, Anderson and Munroe for No. 3. Although these men are doing excellent work and will undoubtedly furnish a good team, it is not at all likely they will...