Word: successful
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Joseph Warren, chairman of the committee on Mediumistic Phenomena, read his report on the results of the investigatios of the committee. He said that the mediums claimed that certain conditions had to be fulfilled in order for the seance to be a success, and as the committee also imposed conditions, only eight or ten sittings had been attended with satisfactory results. He spoke of the numbers of humbugs which had been exposed, and said that, to his knowledge, there were only two in Boston at present, one of whom had already been shown up and the other would be shortly...
...decision of the athletic committee on our athletic system cannot be over-estimated. The Nine will now compete with rival college teams on more of an equal footing. A new-born confidence will be inspired into our athletic men, that one of many obstacles which have impeded Harvard's success in the past has now been removed. It has been openly acknowledged at other colleges that Harvard's defeats during the past three years have been in great measure owing to the baneful restriction imposed by the faculty.- So long as these restrictions confrued, it was confidently maintained that...
King. '89, who pitched in a few games last year with great success, has been elected captain of the team. He will probably pitch in place of Mercur, '88, who has graduated...
...members of the three upper classes made a venture in a field of journalism which had never been entered by college papers. The Harvard Lampoon appeared fortnightly until June, 1880, and gained from the very start a great success, due very much to the drawings of F. S. Atwood, '78 and of Robert Grant, '78. The Lampoon resumed publication in March, 1881, and immediately regained its high position amongst illustrated papers...
...twelfth annual indoor meeting of the Manhattan Athletic Club of New York will be held next Saturday evening at the Madison Square Garden. It promises to be a great success as over four hundred entries have been received, including champions in all events from England, Ireland, Canada and the United States. There are also a number of college champions among the entries. Among the most prominent athletes who are expected to take part, are as follows: In the one mile handicap run, George and Conneff; in the quartermile handicap, Banks and Estes; in the sixty-yards handicap, Weston and Copeland...