Word: successful
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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There has always been considerable doubt as to whether a success could be made of the Dining Association at Memorial, and for a time these doubts seemed to be almost justified. But at length it seems to have overcome its difficulties to a great degree and to have become firmly established. This of course is most gratifying, for, in the event of its failure, the need of such an association at Harvard would have been greatly felt. The announcement of the small sum to be charged for board at Memorial per week is an evidence of this gratifying change which...
...recent performance of the "Elektra" of Sophocles at Girton College, England, the London Truth says : "The play was acted with great success before an audience consisting almost entirely of ladies ; a few privileged classical tutors and the fathers of the performers being the only members of the sterner sex admitted. The principal feature of the performance was the acting of Miss G. E. Case, as Elektra...
...Record replies to the query in the following suggestive article. "Answers to this question have not been wanting, and some of them have partially accounted for our success. It has been claimed, for instance, that we make use of our crew men, and trust to weight to carry the ball beyond our opponents' goal line. No one doubts that the factor of weight is not to be despised but it is certainly powerless in the game as played today, unless coupled with skill and intelligence. This may at first seem a truism, but those to whom it appears as such...
Perhaps the most widely known master of the school was Dr. Francis Gardner, whose eccentricities were more than balanced by the success of his methods of instruction. He formed a prominent figure in the history of the school, and will always be remembered with respect by those who studied under his directions. At the present time the school is entering upon a new era of prosperity, and now that it has become settled in its new building, it bids fair to become more popular than ever before...
...shooting club is to be congratulated on the success of the matches held during the past few weeks. Though the season was well advanced before any matches were arranged, yet at every meet of the club the attendance has been fair and the scores have reached higher figures than was expected...