Word: successful
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...appointed. Provisions will be made later for undergraduates and employees of the college. Students giving spreads in the yard may obtain extra tickets for ten cents each. The committee desires to have all seniors use the greatest care in the disposal of the yard tickets, in order that the success of Class Day may be as complete as possible...
...right method to pursue to keep the work of the crew a profound secret to outsiders until, say, within one week of the race, and if any possible good can be expected from such a method, everybody would gladly acquiesce for the sake of expected success, but whenever a member of the crew is asked a question, mysterious winks and dubious monosyllabic replies are all the satisfaction usually obtained. When the university crew is beaten in a two mile race by a class crew, no explanation is offered and the old, old threadbare subterfuge is adopted, the blind, unreasoning method...
...games of the last few days have materially changed the aspect of the base-ball contest. Harvard and Yale are now a tie for first place, with Harvard by far the best chances for final success. The standing is as follows...
...early preparations for the celebration of the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the foundation of the university are a pleasing sign of the interest taken by the students in the success of this plan. The oldest and most famous institution of learning in America, numbering among her alumni the most eminent representatives in literature, science, art, politics, and religion will hold an anniversary celebration next fall, which will be a noteworthy event in the annals of the college. The students should remember that the success of the celebration depends, to a great extent, upon the character of the committee...
...cost, actions like that shown in the final heat in the 100-yards dash, stand in deserved prominence. Harvard's victory of the inter-collegiate cup depended on this race, and therefore we should all be doubly gratified to the man who gave up his own chances of success to make the victory of his college secure...