Word: successful
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...first winter meeting of the Athletic Association may be considered a success. The events were promptly called and carried on in the spirit of fairness which should characterize all such exhibitions at Harvard, and moreover, with one or two exceptions, were well contested. One noticeable feature of the meeting was the absence of that utter disregard of other people's pleasure which is exhibited when one half of an audience persists in standing up and shutting off the view of the other half. Neither were the tug-of-war teams suffocated by a dense mass of sympathic humanity crowding about...
...launching out into the profession; that he will speak to him of the difficulties which at first surround the beginner and of the many disagreeable moments through which every new lawyer has to pass; finally the lecturer will enlighten him upon the ultimate chances of success. The student will also hear with mingled feelings of joy and sorrow of the man who has made his mark in the world, and of the man who has been forced to abandon the profession and step down into the lower rank of a merchant. All these statements cannot fail to impress themselves upon...
...constantly opening, as in bacteriology. Thorough scientific knowledge is demanded to-day. A preliminary academical training is very desirable. The two sayings of "Room on top," and "Go West" are of little value. There is room in the lower half of the profession. Over half of medical practitioners are successful. As in law, the man who has an air of confidence, a taste for research and knowledge, a practical mind and a kind heart, will gain success...
EDITORS DAILY CRIMSON: - What fallacy so superficial is so generally received as the one most commonly advanced against a college education? It is urged that a young man's chances of success will not be enhanced by a course at college because a large majority of the "round table," and Cleveland, Bayard, Sherman, Carlisle and a host of other celebrities are "self-made men." Suppose that there are in the United States 10,000,000 men above the average age of a graduate, and that 100,000 of them are college alumni. Now applying the common test to Congress...
...lecture this evening on "Medicine as a Profession," is sure to be interesting and valuable, if we may judge from the circumstance that it is to be delivered by one who has won high esteem and well-deserved success both in practicing and in teaching medicine. The medicine, as a profession, is every year receiving more attention, and it has already gained for itself a position among the highest and noblest callings open to young men. But with the increasing dignity and worth, the difficulty of success has also increased. Not every one can now make a living, much less...