Word: successful
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...been hotly contested by the fellows in former days, as they asserted that it was a usurpation. The right of electing a provost was undoubtedly vested in the fellows by the statutes; in practice, however, they usually elected a Crown nominee. When Dr. Goodford was elected in 1862, in succession to Dr. Hawtrey, the first favorite for the post was Rey. Edward Coleridge, a fellow, who was so confident of his success that he boasted on the morining of the election that he had his appointment in his pocket in the shape of a pressing letter from the Duke...
...great success of the Chicago School of Hebrew is an indication of the interest generally taken in biblical studies. And now, arrangements have been made for a summer School of Hebrew in New England, the first session of which will be held at Worcester, Mass., from Aug. 5th to Sept. 2nd. The instructors will be Professor Harper and his assistants, Frederick J. Gurney and Ira M. Price, of the American institute of Hebrew; Professors Charles R. Brown of Newton, D. G. Lyon of Harvard University, and H. G. Mitchell of Boston University. Arrangements have been concluded for a course...
...game of which the class can find no reason to be ashamed. As a large crowd of enthusiastic supporters will accompany the nine, and as we believe from the records of the two nines that our freshmen play a better game than their opponents, we hope that the success for which they have earnestly worked will be gained. But whatever may be the outcome of the struggle, the freshman class have certainly rendered the college a service by putting at an end, once for all, the disagreeable disputes which have hitherto accompanied the Yale-Harvard freshman base ball games...
...three or four players come dashing down with their ponies at full speed, with their mallets raised above their heads, one cannot help wondering whether they will hit the ball or the players and their ponies. However, accidents are rare. The club is to be congratulated on its success, as it seemed hardly possible a little while ago that so many active members could be found in the college...
Tomorrow the Bicycle club will hold their annual races, using for the first time the new track on Holmes' field. The officers of the club have labored long and diligently to make the meet a success, and from the number of entries and the care with which the arrangements have been made, there can be but little doubt that the races of tomorrow will eclipse in interest all those previously held under the auspices of the club. Last year the club was compelled to resort to the track on Beacon Park, because the college would not allow the organization...