Word: succeeding
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...superior team, than when it is compelled to play as a unit so as to win. Thus it is that individual players on our team are too apt to disregard the other members of the eleven in their practice, and thus in an important game where combined strength would succeed, it cannot be put forward on account of lack of practice. The foot-ball team show even now the effects of the careful practice of the past month, but there is still room for improvement, notwithstanding the large number of goals already made against our opponents this season...
...success of the Bicycle Club this year seems to me to augur that a Gun Club would also succeed, and that it would not die out as have previous attempts in the same direction, but yearly become more prosperous and powerful...
...specialist, who has no share in the instruction of the students. Both the pass and the honor examinations will be written in the presence of some gentleman of high character, who resides near the person examined; and graded certificates, signed by the Examiner, will be given to those who succeed in passing them...
...more care were used at Memorial to see that the bell for chapel is rung on time, much inconvenience would be avoided. It is very disagreeable to rush over to chapel and find the doors closed, or else just succeed in getting in, breathless, all because some one forgot to give proper notice. Such a blunder, while but a slight one, is yet almost inexcusable in its nature and we trust there will be no repetition...
...success of our Cooperative society has surpassed the expectations of its founders. When it first started it was looked upon with suspicion by a number who feared that it would never succeed in gaining a foothold in the university, largely on account of the much-talk-of "Harvard indifference." But in spite of the many difficulties attending its foundation it has attained a remarkable degree of success and has become at last firmly established as one of the permanent institutions of the college. The membership is larger than ever before and numbers almost half of the university. It does...