Word: attempt
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...cross-purposes built into Lowell's plan actually highlight the importance he wanted the Houses to have for Harvard students. Though some alumni and students--partisans of final clubs, in large part--objected to Lowell's attempt to gain control of students' lives beyond the lecture hall, his plan met with immediate success. In their first year, all of the Houses were booked full...
...formal dance in the spring. And they worked to make their members feel that they were part of something significant. Nearly 200 Leverett House residents, for example, turned out to watch their team in the inter-House football championship in the early 1950s. Leverett was invigorated, fresh off its attempt to claim Gore Hall from Winthrop House in the celebrated "Gore War." Students recorded their pleasure at having tutors in the Houses, known to invite undergraduates into their suites for "sherry parties." The College held a different attitude toward alcohol then, using it to enliven the undergraduate experience: The Houses...
...others simply attempt to provide a community for students of similar background or beliefs...
...Averell '02 sneaks onto a Delta Express jet in a futile attempt to get home in time for Thanksgiving, after he learns that the airline had given his seat away...
Those who simply want to join a rooming group in another House, on the other hand, can attempt to transfer if a space opens up in a room in that House or if the rooming group agrees to host the transfer in its existing suite...