Word: successful
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...first article, by Mr. A. T. Dudley, '87, on "The Mental Qualities of the Athlete." is an admirable treatment of the subject. The writer attributes the success of certain men in athletics to the fact that there is inborn in them a certain impulse which tells them the right thing at the right time. It is a peculiarity, he thinks, of the nervous organization. Training perfects the action of this impulse. Mr. Dudley further attempts to prove that the mental training of the athlete is peculiarly fitted for training the student for the business of life, but we think that...
...thought when the paper was started that it would be short-lived, but through the energetic efforts of its editors it became an established feature of the school. During the intervening years it has steadily improved, until now it is acknowledged the best preparatory weekly printed. Its success is due to the painstaking care of each individual editor in the writing and publishing of every issue. In order to commemorate the completion of the ten years of its existence, the present board have decided to give a dinner at the Parker House during the latter part of this month...
...which will prove most useful. By a accidental knowledge of Norman-French, a Chicago lawyer saved $130, 000 to his clients. The breadth of view, and the tendency to a liberal and reasonable cast of mind, which generally accompany a university education, always increase the chances of success in any profession. A cultured man is sure of his knowledge, and his decisions are prompt and accurate, while those of an ignorant man are apt to be hesitating and unreliable...
Must it not be confessed that the system of college prizes is, on the whole, productive of bad results? It has little effect in stimulating the idle. It incites those who are already ambitious earnest workers to over-exertion. Success renders them conceited: failure often makes them bitter and discouraged. The whole system practically amounts to a lottery where the time staked instead of being regarded as a means of culture and future usefulness is considered as almost thrown away if the mercenary competitor fails to draw a prize...
...will of the late Mr. Wheeler, of the class of '26, a large sum of money has been bequeathed to the college. For the past few years Harvard has been especially fortunate in being so generously remembered by those whose success in life has been in a certain measure due to the education it has afforded them, attesting their appreciation by giving financial aid to smooth the path of that large class of young men who have the desire, but not the adequate means, of obtaining the advantages of a collegiate training. They recognize how much more real good...