Word: succeeding
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...strong enough to crush out the custom. In regard to this action, President Seeley said: "You may express in whatever way you wish my unqualified approval of it. There has never been such a hopeful prospect for the entire overthrow of rushing, and I trust it will succeed." Dr. Hitchcock believes the decision would be an immense benefit to the college, and that two-thirds of the upper classes would support...
Again our nine has won a victory over Princeton, and that, too, on her own grounds. The chances for our winning the game on Saturday are fair indeed, and we congratulate the nine on this last step towards the championship. If we succeed in winning the game on Saturday and two games from Yale, the pennant is ours. At present it looks as if nothing but very hard luck could snatch the final victory from us, but still it is not time to be overconfident. Our old caution may sound too trite to be published again, but it is better...
...formed here, and we may be sure that Yale will strain every nerve to gain possession of those sacred wooden bars before they are swept away (as they must be shortly) and become a relic of the past. The more honor, then, to our freshmen, if they succeed in gaining possession of the fence, having it handed over to them during their short stay in New Haven by the upper-classmen, as was the case with the delegation which accompanied the Eighty-nine team two years ago. The mystic spell which lies in the mere name of Yale and which...
...very successful one. The meeting was an informal affair, managed entirely by the officers of the association, but it has an important bearing on the New York games. The first event was the 120 yards hurdle race. Bell, '91, gave Noble, '88, 10 yards handicap but did not succeed in overhauling him, though he covered the distance in 17 4-5s. Noble's time was not taken. The 100-yards men were now called, Lund, '88; Bodley, L. S.; and Moen, '91, were in the first heat. Lund won in 10 2-5s., with Bodley second. Noble...
...last meeting of the Finance Club, the following men were elected to membership: From '88-Bolster, Kimball; from '89-Albee, Forbes, Frank, F. Green, Hunneman, Prescott, R. Turnure, Winkler; from '90-Burnham, Coatsworth, Wardner, and Mc-Farland, sp. Mr. C. A. Bunker, '89, was elected secretary and treasurer to succeed Mr. R. T. Paine, (?), '88, who resigned...