Word: successful
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Berkeley Athletic club will hold its first annual spring meeting at the Berkeley Oval, on June 8. The management has taken great trouble to make the programme as attractive as possible. and the games will certainly be a great success. The events open to amateurs are as follows: 100, 200, 440, and 880 yards dashes, 2 mile bicycle, one quarter mile bicycle race in heats, running high jump, putting 16 pound shot. All of the events except the quarter mile bicycle race are handicapped. Besides the open events the following invitation events, all of which are scratch, are offered...
...that there should be any objection to a custom that is sanctioned both by precedent and by reason. Class day is the greatest day in the whole college course and every man whether he is a senior or not ought to be willing to help to make it a success. If underclassmen expect courtesy to be shown them at their graduation they must be willing to show the same courtesy. In the case of graduates. They ought to return the favor they have received from others...
...conviction that the sport of lacrosse could not be maintained here in future. The men worked hard to beat Princeton, but failed, and took the failure in a manly way. No agreement with Princeton has been cancelled, nothing done with which she could find fault. In face of her success and the unfortunate financial situation of our team, which should only call forth sympathy, such sentiments as the above are very much out of place...
...also, that on account of the Harvard-Princeton game, none of our 'varsity players will be allowed to play with the freshmen. It will, therefore be seen that Yale will have almost every advantage on her side. In spite of all this, however, Harvard should have strong chances for success. Careful work during the next three days will go far toward winning the game, if every man does his part heartily and conscientiously. No class since the present seniors were freshmen have beaten the Yale freshmen in both games. It remains for Ninety-two to re-establish this record...
...hands of a team which includes four men who are to represent Philadelphia in England this year, is no disgrace, and the practice obtained by playing against Pennsylvania's strong bowlers will be an invaluable preparation for the game against Haverford next week, when we may hope for better success...