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Word: successful (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Princeton Glee Club, assisted by the Banjo Club, gave a concert in Philadelphia last week, which was a decided success...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fact and Rumor. | 2/10/1887 | See Source »

...first attempt. Defeat taught the vanquished the necessity of discipline. The Williams College nine was under the care of two professional trainers for several weeks before the match at Worcester, and the powerful batting of the Lowell nine was the result of faithful attendance at the gymnasium last winter. Success on the other hand blinded the Harvard nine to the necessity of exertion before was too late...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Twenty Years of Harvard Base-Ball. | 2/10/1887 | See Source »

...shot, running high jump, middle weight wrestling, heavy weight wrestling, pole vault, light weight wrestling, spring board jump, tug-of-war, hitch and kick. Heretofore it has been the custom for first prizes only to be given in the tug-of-war event, but in order to insure success in that event, the Athletic Association will offer second prizes for tug-of-war as well as for all other events. Teams and individuals have commenced work in the gymnasium with special reference to those winter sports, and a grand contest is expected. - Princetoman...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Winter Sports | 2/9/1887 | See Source »

...which can claim no higher legitimacy than the interest formed by mere residence at our university, to do away with distinctions brought here from life, must be futile. A club house will attract in the degree in which it is attractive. For a time such a club might prove successful, but as the interest in it became no longer such as that taken for a while in everything new under the sun, the patronage of the club would cease to be such as is desired. That is, the university club would not remain a university club, but the club...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 2/8/1887 | See Source »

...minstrel show, the only genuine "Mammoth Minstrels." The arrangements are being made and the fair will take place the evening of March 8th. The funds accruing will be put into the treasury of the "Town Tennis Association." We have abundant talent for the undertaking and a thorough-going success is predicted...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Princeton Letter. | 2/8/1887 | See Source »

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