Word: success
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...major sports the teams had only moderate success. In rowing Harvard failed, as usual, to win from Cornell, and again won from Yale. In track athletics Harvard won the dual meets with Dartmouth and Yale, but made no remarkable score in the intercollegiate games. In football the speed and aggressiveness of Princeton proved too much for a Harvard team with several disabled players. Yale and Harvard played once more a tie game with no scoring. In baseball Harvard succumbed to both Princeton and Yale. When the size of Harvard University is considered and her enormous outlay on athletic sports...
Last year several of the larger colleges made a distinct effort to prevent "yapping" on the baseball field, and achieved considerable success; but umpires still fall to enforce the rules which limit the remarks of players; and student players, who get their training directly and indirect from professional players, are constantly tempted to do what they know to be done-- and done without censure--by the heroes of the American and National Leagues. We like to belive that recent Harvard teams, though by no means perfect, have honestly tried to resist such temptations and to play a clean game
Monsieur Fouquieres has always been a great success wherever he has gone, and his American tour promises to be no exception. Since his arrival in this country he has been lecturing in New York City. His efforts were received with great appreciation, and his lectures were always extremely popular...
...over, he went South, bought up a plantation, and tried to improve the condition of the negroes, but failed because the time was not yet ripe. Upon returning North he went to work with the firm of which he is now a partner. He described his remarkable business success by briefly saying that he went to work and made good as best he could...
...forty-eight annual dinner of the Harvard Club of New York City was held in Harvard Hall in the clubhouse last Thursday evening. The dinner was a great success, for about 300 members of the club were present...