Word: endeavoring
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Dates: during 1920-1920
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...Committee issued the following statement: "In view of the fact that this is the second week of the Endowment Fund drive, the slowness with which the subscriptions are coming in from men who do not live in the dormitories is decidedly discouraging. The committee, however, will persist in its endeavor to reach these men by telephone. There will be no relaxation of effort until every man has subscribed as 100 percent is essential to make the drive a success. As Christmas vacation begins next Thursday and as the resident undergraduates have already practically contributed 100 percent, the committee earnestly hopes...
Morning Service, 10.30, Church School and Dunster Class, 12 M. Christian Endeavor, 7.15, followed by short evening service...
...exempting taxation on new buildings to the extent of $10,000 per family. This would aid chiefly the construction of moderately priced homes, though all new houses would profit somewhat. This may or may not be the best solution, but there is nothing wrong with the City Club's endeavor to remind the people that in the grand hunt for prospective jailbirds they room to forget that what New York, in common with other large cities, needs is immediate action to relieve the housing shortage...
...gist of his remarks was that: "To make a success out of any endeavor one has to give himself intelligently and unflinchingly. Knowledge and concentration are the keynotes of success, therefore to be successful in basketball one must know the rules thoroughly and from A to Z in order to guide himself through forty minutes of play...
...endeavor to meet this problem, the Middlesex Club of Harvard seems to be highly successful. Other school clubs will do well to study and copy its system. In the spring of each year, it holds a dinner at the Harvard Club to which the senior class at the school is invited. Here a chance is offered to students who will be freshmen in the following fall to gain a good idea of what a freshman must do to get into college life. All the common questions are then talked over with a result that these boys come to Harvard knowing...