Word: successful
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...club that its record of late has been so uneventful. They have been working, as it were, with tied hands, owing to their inability to secure proper grounds on which to practice their favorite sport. Their efforts to obtain better accommodations have at last, however, been crowned by success, and with new and beautiful grounds it is but fair to expect the club to take a prominent position in athletics this season. Last fall the club rather surprised itself and the rest of the college by winning a very creditable victory, and we hope this may be but the preface...
...rumored that Professor Dwignt, who has done so much to make the Columbia Law School a success, will retire after the present year...
...concert of the Glee Club at Taunton on Friday was a great success and proved one of the pleasantest trips the Club had made. A fine orchestra from Providence furnished music for dancing, which was kept up until a late hour. The dancers were refreshed with an excellent spread during the evening...
...active interest in Harvard boating; we still feel sure that the course of the faculty will be injurious for the present to our crew, and on that account we regret it. Recognizing, however, the fact that the good name of our University is dearer to all of us than success in any boat race ever can be, we decline to open a discussion which will only give publicity to the disgrace which befell Harvard in the races of last June...
...that the onerous duty of coaching the crews falls upon the respective captains, it is strongly to be hoped that no relaxation in the thoroughness of the training will result. Our class crews, which are unequalled by those of Yale or Columbia, which have largely contributed to Harvard's success on the water, should inspire as much interest and meet with as much encouragement now as formerly...