Word: success
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...when the impetus of novelty has gone, is liable to fall. But such fears with respect to the Dramatic Club will beset no one who last evening witnessed the performance of "The Progress of Mrs. Alexander." To make a Cambridge audience laugh at anything heartily means success. To make it shout with laughter at some things that are dear to it, is a triumph; and this "The Progress of Mrs. Alexander" achieved. That the absurdities of western and of Newport society should amuse those present is not surprising. The real power of Miss Stanwood over her audience was shown...
There are in the Senior class about 410 men eligible to vote tomorrow for nine of the class officers. Some of the men chosen will be largely responsible for the future of 1911, and the others will have much to do with the success of Class Day. In the election of these officers it is not personal friendship or acquaintance that should form the criterion of choice between nominees. The men who deserve election are those who have acquitted with credit the responsibilities they have shouldered, and those who have shown the most enduring as well as the keenest interest...
...discussion of academic rank, however, the questions of outside interests and standards of success must be considered. The goal for which the men from public schools try is largely high marks and mental training, and to this end they tend to sacrifice athletics and social diversions in general. On the other hand, the boarding-school graduate measures his success as an undergraduate by the prominence which he attains in fields of activity which are not purely scholastic. Consequently men of this group play the greater part in the broadening "outside interests"; and naturally enough do not or cannot devote...
...raised, which was of great aid to the government and served to bring the union bankers more closely together. Shortly afterward, when several increases of this loan had been made, a permanent system of national banks, under federal control, was established by the National Currency Act of 1863. The success of this measure was largely due to Mr. McCulloch, then Comptroller of the Currency. Secretary Chase at first disapproved. In 1864 the bill that is in effect today was enacted, and 700 national banks were organized. The state institutions were at first somewhat reticent about changing their charters, fearing inconsistency...
...reason seems now apparent for failure to "make good." Signs of that vital force which alone can command success are eagerly awaited. The CRIMSON believes that these will not long be wanting, and takes pleasure in adding its own heartiest wishes for the Council's success...