Word: successful
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Members of the Atlantic Yacht Club have set on foot a movement having for its object the construction of a big sloop from designs made by Phil. Elsworth, whose success in the past warrants the belief that he can turn out a vessel capable of defending the America Cup from the cutter Galatea during the coming season. It is stated that the greater part of the money required to build the boat has been already subscribed and that she will be called the Atlantic...
...view of the men at work. The statement "that Harvard's having a professional trainer was not known until a few days before the race" looks the important basis of truth, for the fact was known to the undergraduates and all men in Boston, and vicinity interested in our success on the water. Last year's victory was hardly due to professional training no matter how important it may have been...
...success of the Pudding theatricals here has induced Princeton to form a "Dramatic Association" to which a number of professors belong...
...last time (?) and at the final toast of fair Harvard, all arose and the song was given with a will. Though this formally ended the regular exercises of the evening, many lingered to exchange personal greetings and congratulations. The affair was acknowledged to have been a decided success, although the otherwise ready flow of wit and humor was, to a certain extent, held in check by the consciousness of the recent death of Mr. Cutter, the ex-secretary of the Association. This lamented occurrence led to the postponement of the dinner from Jan. 1st, and accounts for the almost total...
...learn from the Amherst Student that the fellows at Amherst are grumbling considerably about the ill success of their nine last year. As yet the grumbling seems to have no practical effect. But the editors of the Student fear that if the present state of things continues, the nine will be poorly supported. Men will take no interest in the gymnasium or out-of-door practice of their team, nor will they give it a generous support. A nine with such half-hearted backing will be very likely to fail...