Word: succeeding
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...does not know the sun when he sees it, his ship will fail of a successful voyage all the same. It is for this reason that the names most prominent on the honor list during the college course are so seldom heard of after graduation. The man who will succeed and whose training will do the greatest good to himself and to others is the man who, while not neglectful of his studies, adds to this an appreciation of the practical experience which the college life is so ready to bestow, and in the literary or scientific undergraduate societies...
...practically a unanimous vote. An approach to unanimity is not of very frequent occurrence when that body votes on matters of general policy, and in this case it proves how strong a desire now exists there to let the students govern themselves, wherever such government appears likely to succeed...
...Ross might repeat his performance of the recent Somerville-Harvard game, when, alone and unaided, he easily captured four goals, in spite of the Harvard defence. Last Saturday, however, he met with a different reception. During the rest of the game he was closely watched, and did not succeed in scoring again. The remainder of the first half hour was played without either side making a goal, Score, picked team 1; Harvard...
...crews in their recent annual races on the Thames river, London, the London Sportsman says: "The Cantabs this year seemed to have dropped back into that light and ineffective style which many people thought they had abandoned. We have previously pointed out that the light dipping stroke will never succeed against the long and powerful pull which is in favor among the oarsmen on the Isis. The men were well trained, though, perhaps, one or two were, to adopt a technical term, "drawn" a little fine. They, however, had superior stamina to contend against, and they failed, as many have...
...member, and each chartered chapter of an inter-collegiate fraternity, if numbering at least ten persons; also the non-society men, if ten in number, elect a member. Society feeling at Bowdoin is so strong that it would probably be impossible for a system of self-government to succeed, unless it recognized the different fraternities, but under the present arrangement all prominent interests are represented on the jury...