Word: credited
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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ALTHOUGH the Sophomore dinner was pronounced a great success, and everything passed off with great credit to the committee, yet there was one thing which seemed to me desirable to render it in reality a class dinner, and that was one half the class...
...have been surprised at the amount of credit the Columbian crew took to itself; and, although I admired its pluck in the Henley races, it did not row the best University four in England by any means. Can you explain to me how, with so few athletic men at Harvard, as appears from the account of the games I above mentioned, you are able to get up so fine an eight? I hope it does n't imply that your University is content to see these few men do all the work, and win all the laurels, while it looks...
...Faculty now considered that they had already put up with more than could be reasonably expected of them, and came very near insisting that the young man should leave the school. But one of their number, with a generous spirit that did him credit, said he had reflected calmly upon the matter and could not discover that the class was to blame. So they let him return once more, and what was left of the Freshman class immediately broke its other leg. The Faculty were furious. They thought it would have been a happy conceit on the part...
...boat-club theatricals recently given in New York, we should have mentioned the name of Mr. Nathaniel Curtis in connection with Mr. Sherwood's. The latter, it is true, composed a number of the songs, and contributed to the success of the performance by his acting; but the credit of having originated the undertaking, altered the play, and selected the company, belongs to Mr. Curtis. The omission was accidental, as it is well known in Cambridge that Mr. Curtis, though not occupying a prominent position at rehearsals, was the heart and soul of the enterprise...
...audience, embracing the "tone" of the city, were profuse in their applause, and showed great appreciation of the efforts of the actors. The role of "King Henry the Two" was most majestically filled by Mr. Sherwood, who deserves great credit for his perseverance in organizing the theatricals in the face of so many obstacles...