Word: effort
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...urge all who have the success of the nine at heart to make every effort to go to New Haven on Saturday...
...movement to form a German library, started a few weeks ago, is pushing as rapidly as possible, and already the effort, taking into consideration Mr. Villard's generous gift of $500, seems likely to be successful. A committee has been organized, under the direction of Dr. Francke, to have charge of the raising of funds among the students. The choice of books will be left almost entirely to Dr. Francke, assisted by the German department. The library rooms will be given by the University, and will be fitted tastefully from the committee's funds. It is intended that, when...
...Every effort is being made to develop men for the two mile bicycle race; Clark and Weare are both good men, but are not very likely to win from Davis and Bailey, of Harvard. Elcock, '91 is hoped to win second place in putting the shot. No tug-of-war team has been entered. The men have been trained again this year by Murphy who is considered the best coach Yale has ever...
...prize winners still in the University could not be induced to enter, as their absence seriously endangers our chances of again winning the championship. Still we have a very good field of contestants and hope for the best, although we think that the old men should have made every effort to lend their help towards victory. If Harvard is not first they will be to blame...
...management certainly deseves censure for its slowness in the matter. There was no excuse for not finding out every particular in regard to the trains, and then after that it would seem that the captain did not make an effort to get his men together and go to Exeter proportionate to the trouble which the management there took to arrange the game...