Word: effecting
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...presented at the annual meeting of the Harvard Union last evening show an encouraging progress in the society during the part year. The need of a debating society in the college is so well recognized that a blow which might have proved fatal to another organization produced but little effect upon the Union, and even this has almost entirely disappeared. The attendance showed a marked increase over last year, and the debates have been not always confined to the principal disputants, as often happened formerly, but shared with animation by the other members. If the Union continues its prosperous course...
...which seemed to find most favor with the andience were "The Skipper of St Ives, and The Capital Ship on the part of the Glee club, while the Banjo club responded to encores of the "Brahm's Medley,' and "National March." Mr. Berry gave his solos with very good effect and the yodling of Mr. Whitman deserves mention...
...novel feature of the concert will be the introduction of the Guitar and Man delin Club, which, though several years old has not yet taken part in a Glee club concert. They will accompany the Glee club in the Spanish song "Estudiantina" and will undoubtedly add much to the effect of the piece. The concert will be fully up to the high standard of previous years. It has become one of the events of the spring term so it is hardly necessary to urge a good attendance...
...Sargent has compiled some very interesting statistics on the effect of gymnasium work, based upon his examinations for the past ten years, which will soon be published. When the gymnasium was opened in 1880, about nine hundred students were examined. The highest individual total was then 675. Since then 240 men have been examined with totals above the highest in 1880, one man reaching a total of 1272.8. We give below a list of those who have exceeded a total of 900. The parts tested are the back, legs, arms, grip and lungs...
...entered college, many of whom have never even been in Cambridge. It would be much fairer if the allotment were according to seniority. Then every man could look forward with certainty to two or possibly three years in the yard. Such an arrangement could easily be put into effect and would remedy a real grievance without injustice to anyone...