Word: efforts
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...high polish. Little of the traditional declamation was heard. It seemed that at last the idea of the best conveyance of the speaker's thoughts and not an independent exercise of his lungs, was the prime idea of declama tion. And yet there is danger in too great an effort to attain naturalness when much of the higher power of declamation is sacrificed in the attempt. The contest was in every way worthy of the college, and will long be remembered as one of the most successful declamations which has occurred for years...
...into closer connection those who represent the university in the world at large, and those undergraduates who are doing representative student work. Another feature of the magazine will be its book reviews. Whatever literary ability exists in Harvard to-day is distinctly critical in tone and spirit, and every effort will be made to have such reviews as may be published careful and exact, and based on sound principles of criticism...
...McCosh is making an effort to revive the Princeton Review. A few persons have been asked to subscribe $1000 apiece and become a Board of Management. Professor Sloane will be the editor, and such men as Dr. McCosh, Dr. Flint, Dr. Caldewood, Dr. W. C. Prine, Dr. Yound, and the Marquand brothers will contribute...
...glad to learn that the instructors who have charge of the commencement parts this year will make an extra effort to have all the parts possess that quality in which commencement exercises are singularly lacking, the quality of being interesting. Now there is nothing in the nature of a commencement part that requires stupidity, yet stupidity is the rule, not the exception in commencement parts. The facts are often scholarly, but seldom interesting. This year, however, the parts, we are told, must be interesting above all other things. The topics must be as far as possible live toplcs...
...glad to learn that the instructors who have charge of the commencement parts this year will make an extra effort to have all the parts possess that quality in which commencement exercises are singularly lacking, the quality of being interesting. Now there is nothing in the nature of a commencement part that requires stupidity, yet stupidity is the rule, not the exception in commencement parts. The facts are often scholarly, but seldom interesting. This year, however, the parts, we are told, must be interesting above all other things. The topics must be as far as possible live topics...