Word: effects
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Dates: during 1880-1880
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...afternoon the river is a scene of indescribable animation; every one seems to be out in some sort of craft or other, and the picturesque costumes of members of the different boat-clubs add much to the effect. The crews pull down to Abingdon or farther; the less energetic row slowly, or paddle down to Iffley only, or perhaps go on through the lock to Sandford, take their shandigaff there, and then turn back; or else, taking a boat above the bridge, they row up to the charming little inn at Godstow, and come back with the stream. The lazier...
...Executive Committee of the Association of the Alumni have formally requested the Senior Class to furnish nothing stronger than claret punch on Commencement Day. An answer has been sent, to the effect that the class of '80 does not entertain at Commencement this year, but is entertained by the class...
...instructors might be changed for the better. As has already been shown, the present system does not allow the same privilege to all, and thus disqualifies some for speaking for the Boylston Prizes. In other words, the way in which instruction is given at Harvard produces the same effect, regard being had to the Boylston Prizes, as a close corporation. To bring up the department of elocution to the proper standard we need more instructors. If these cannot be furnished by the College, all those students who really wish to study elocution should be instructed as much as possible...
...material of the crew is excellent, and that they had the benefit of a splendid coach for a few days previous to the race. Victory, however, has its penalties, and we are not sure that the Freshman crew will go free. In view of the race with Columbia, the effect of Saturday's contest is liable to be injurious, for success begets over-confidence and from this spring a score of evils. In other words, the Freshman crew needs to redouble its efforts between now and the 5th of July. As soon as their opponents learn whom they...
...pure optimism. "And now here comes" the trouble. The Efficient Cause is the one who makes out the examination-paper, and the Final Cause is the intention in his mind, a priori, to condition the examined, while the condition itself is the Lost Cause, but does not take effect until it receives the stamp of the Regulative Faculty...