Word: successful
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...very evident at the first meeting of the athletic association this year on Saturday last that the number of entries was very small, and, although the contests were interesting, that the meeting was not as successful as those in former years/ Three, out of the ten events, were walk-overs, and prizes were awarded in them without any contest whatever. It almost goes without saying that on the number of entries, for the great part, depends the success of the meetings. In view of this it seems strange that more men have not entered and done their share towards making...
...meeting was a fairly successful one, although, owing to the small number of the entries there was less competition for each event than was desirable. It is hoped that the next meetings may be better contested throughout. More interest ought to be shown by those who enter the events and less indifference felt toward the issue of the meetings. The success of the meetings, of course, depends to a great extent on the number of entries, and it is most unpleasant to see the success of the meetings jeopardized by any lack of such enthusiasm as ought to be shown...
...middle of his description of the battle a short extract from his own diary which gave additional life and interest to the discourse. As is now generally admitted Gettysburg was the turning point of the war. The Southern troops, before almost never defeated and always confident of success, after it fighting only because they knew not how to submit...
...view of the great success attained by the Harvard chapter of Phi Beta Kappa as a literary society, particularly among its graduate members, it is but natural that Yale should wish to imitate this success. Of course there are local causes which prompt the revival of this society at New Haven. Nevertheless the long series of brilliant meetings during commencement week at Harvard of this society, -occasions which have been rendered famous by orations or poems by such men as Emerson, Wendell Phillips, James Russell Lowell, E. C. Stedman, Geo. W. Curtis, Charles Francis Adams and Robert Grant, -cannot...
...schools there are much better than might be expected in such a remote corner of civilization. In Honolulu, the chief city of the group, there are a number of flourishing schools, both public and private, and some of them fit students for American colleges, Williams and Amherst especially. The success of the Hawaiian schools is almost entirely due to the efforts of Americans, and it is a pleasure to recall the fact that there are a number of Harvard graduates who largely influence the management and character of these institutions. Some of the schoolhouses were erected at considerable expense...