Word: effort
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...situation of the freshman eight is the same, Coach Rice having threatened to withdraw their entry at Poughkeepsie if more men did not report for practice on the machines. Every effort is being made by those interested in the sport to get men out, for rowing is Columbia's chief sport, and the crew's prospects in the intercollegiate regatta have been constantly improving since Mr. Rice took the position as coach...
...made at the time by several members of the Association. It sounds reasonable to advocate the maintenance of both systems in use at present. We should not be surprised if the writer had called attention to a good share of the trouble in advocating a more business-like effort to please the men who are boarding there, and thereby increase the membership of the Hall, rather than in finding the "easiest wholesale job for the management...
...days is not satisfied alone with success in contests with outside rivals but is concerned as well in the number of men that actively engage in the various sports and reap the benefit of vigorous athletic exercise in competition within the University. This does not imply any diminution of effort in striving to compete successfully with your neighbor in the big contests of the year; it does imply, however, an attempt to make athletics more a regular part of the daily occupation of a student by providing athletic exercise within the limits of his skill and strength. This...
...repetition. The present need is not discussion but boarders. It has been figured that to make the American plan a success there must be at least 800 regular members and the more men eating regularly at the Hall the better will be the board. It is apparent that every effort will be made to make the service and menus as attractive as possible and there is no reason why it cannot be made as pleasant as any boarding place in Cambridge...
...Nell,' in which Mrs. Fiske made her appearance at the Hackett Theatre, is only 23 years old. Ten years hence, when he has become a still more successful and well-seasoned playwright, he will probably stand abashed at the remembrance of all he did and dared in his maiden effort. For however much traditions may be shocked and polite conventionalities shattered, the fact must go on record that this boy from Harvard, backed only by the courage of his own convictions, and with Mrs. Fiske as both actress and stage manageress standing as a tower of strength behind...