Word: successful
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...regretted that the HERALD-CRIMSON has not received the literary support from the sophomore and freshman classes which is its due. Some years ago it became possible to establish a daily paper in the college, and since then, such has been its success and usefulness, that the college takes a great interest in anything that concerns its welfare. During the last two months the paper has been seriously weakened by the severe sickness of several members of the board of editors, which has compelled them to leave college either temporarily or permanently. To fill the gap thus caused...
...understand that one of the boxing teachers is on the lookout for a heavy weight. We hope for the success of the winter meetings that he finds...
...recent production of Aristophanes' comedy, the "Birds," in Cambridge, England, seems from all reports to have been a most gratifying success. The mere labor and care that must be employed in putting one of the old Greek plays on the stage is really enormous, and the successful completion of so great a task must be a source of congratulation to all engaged in it. The uniform success which has greeted the production of all the Greek plays brought out in England leads us to ask whether it would not be possible to give another play here at Harvard. The "OEdipus...
...recent production of the "Birds" of Aristophanes was regarded by the committee as rather a hazardous undertaking, for although Greek tragedy has now abundantly proved its power over modern audiences, it was thought very doubtful if the old comedy was equally suitable for revival. And, notwithstanding the brilliant success of the performances, this doubt has been in great part justified, for most of the fun and fooling in the play resembled a modern pantomime too closely to be very interesting or impressive, while when the satire was mot of a modern kind, its point was entirely missed, except...
...Peabody, in the January Atlantic, Criticises the views of Charles Francis Adams, Jr., in regard to the studying of Greek being an obstacle in the way of success of the Adams family for four generations, and expresses himself as of the opinion that the only stumbling block in the way of that family has been its failure to establish a line of hereditary monarchs...