Word: successful
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...senior class of Princeton will entertain the visitors who attend the Harvard Princeton game on Saturday by a "Senior Assembly." This is a new social feature and its success will determine whether it shall become permanent. The following men have been elected as Assembly Committee: Alexander, Belknap, Conniver, Edwards, Emans, Jenney, Kneeland, Faxton, Rollius, Shrady, Stebbens, Uebelacker; chairman, Waters...
...conceded by boating authorities that a tank is indispensable for the success of our crew. The announcement, therefore, that efforts are being made to build a tank here, similar to the one used by the candidates for the Yale crew during the past two years, will doubtless be hailed with satisfaction throughout the college. Permission to build a tank in Hemenway gymnasium has been refused, but there is no reason why one cannot be constructed in the old gymnasium on the delta opposite Memorial Hall. The building is now useless, except as a storehouse for all sorts of rubbish...
None of the men on the eleven have learned to do with even a little success, one of the four things that are the elements of the game-blocking, getting through, tackling and dropping on the ball. Not one of the men watch the ball, and with scarcely an exception, they jump at a man's head in tackling, instead of taking him low. The backs, when they look for a hole in the line-which is not often,-can seldom find one. The men play without a bit of snap or earnestness. They seem to think they can play...
...Republican torchlight procession which took place last evening, was undoubtedly a great success, from the manager's point of view. It is safe to say that the Harvard delegation enjoyed themselves thoroughly, the only drawback being the long delay at the beginning of the parade. At 7.15 the Harvard battalion began to form on the Charles St. Wall of the Common, the seniors at the Bacon street gate, the other classes extending in order toward Boylston St. The company from the Medical School formed behind the freshmen. At 7.45, the column moved along Beacon and Arlington streets, to its position...
...assigned to us in line; there is no cause for complaint. The positions have been assigned according to the localities from which the various organizations hail; and Boston certainly has the right of way. Let us do everything in our power to make our share of the parade a success; but let us be careful not to overstep the bounds of good behavior and decency...