Word: attempt
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...fourth annual convention of physical directors of the leading universities and colleges of the United States will be held in New York at Columbia University on Friday and Saturday, December 28 and 29. Dr. Sargene will attempt from Harvard...
...personage, whose true place in our history has always been a disputed question. The book does not enter the field of minute detail and criticism; it is "for those who would rather understand than judge him." Mr. Brown writes of his character charitably but without bias; he does not attempt to diagnose his faults or condone his vices, but he does not dwell upon them with distorting emphasis. The Creek and Seminole wars, the battle of New Orleans, the history of Jackson in politics are entertamingly fold and one comes partly to understand that influence which he held over...
...Yale, Columbia, and Princeton on the other. There will be six players on each team. The make-up of the American team is settled by agreement among the colleges at the intercollegiate match in New York. The six best players from the four colleges are generally chosen, although an attempt is always made to represent each college...
...back-field was arranged in tandem formation. It was then possible for this to strike any part of the line with great force and speed, and plain, straight defense could not stop it. A special defense might have done it, but Harvard did not have the right kind. An attempt was made to turn it aside by oblique tackling of the secondary defense, but this allowed the play to get through the line and made at least short gains inevitable. This Yale style of attack has been the basis of her offense throughout the season. The Harvard coaches knew...
...church of the first settlers of New England refused to recognize ecclesiastical orders conferred by the High Church of England or the Roman Catholic Church. Thus the question has arisen as to the validity of the orders which the Congregationalists themselves conferred. Professor McGiffert's lecture will be an attempt to prove that the early church orders were valid...