Word: successful
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...dinner can be entertained. But let it be remembered that fifty is a minimum, not a maximum number. What class spirit does an attendance of fifty out of two hundred and fifty show? The number of those who attend ought to be at least one hundred! The success of the '87 dinner of last year will not allow that there should be any less interest in the dinner shown this year. Besides, '87 must now set a good example to the classes below it. What class spirit shall we expect to see them exhibit, if we do not exhibit that...
...athletics of Harvard are in a more flourishing condition than ever before in the history of the college. Both old and new men this year seem filled with an enthusiasm which it is very gratifying to see, while the results attained are equally encouraging to all interested in the success of Harvard in the inter-collegiate games. There is a well-founded belief that the record-breaker will be on hand this afternoon, and we may expect a large attendance at the meeting...
...idler may possess wealth, social position, and all that would seem to make life happy, but nothing can fill the void made by the absence of work. If, however, a man depends, as is most often the case, on his own ability to make his way in the world, success can only come from hard work. Spencer well says, "The first requisite for success in life is to be a good animal." Sound health is indispensable to activity, either of the body or of the mind, but it must be remembered that eternal vigilance is the price of health. Under...
...Pierian and Glee Club will perform the Largo of Handel together, at the spring concert. Professor Greenough has written Latin words for the chorus. The Largo has never before been presented in this way, and will probably be a very great success...
...Classical Department, for a more intimate, social and intellectual relationship than was to be found in the work of the class-room, or in the intercourse of daily life. The students were vigorously seconded by the instructors of the department, to whose co-operation much of the present success of the society...