Word: successful
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...series of athletic games has been arranged between the students of Yale and the men of the 21 Regiment, of Conn. The contests will be held at New Haven on the evenings of March 2 and 3. The arrangements have been extensive and the affair will be an undoubted success. A 16 lap track has been made in the armory. Two tug-of war contests, half-mile run, putting the shot, pole-vaulting, high kicking a bayonet race, standing high jump and fencing will comprise the first night's entertainment...
...flowers, or similar pursuits entirely foreign to the regular employment, will enable a man to accomplish far more than would otherwise be possible. In the words of the famous Dr. Bird, who recently fell a victim to over work, "Take six weeks' holiday every year. It may delay your success, but it will save your life...
...Parker House last evening. It was truly a "feast of reason and a flow of soul," but it was also a "feast of fat things." The speeches were witty, the songs weary jolly, the dinner was excellent-in fact nothing was wanting to make the evening a complete success. Cheers were given with a will in response to the toasts of the University Foot-Ball Eleven, Crew, Nine, Cricket Eleven and Lacrosse Team. The officers of the dinner were as follows: President, James G. 'King, '89; orator, William Barnes, Jr., '88; toastmaster, James Loeb, '88; poet, Carleton Hunneman, '89; chorister...
...evening of the poet's birthday, Feb. 27th, promises to offer an unusually attractive programme. The object for which the entertainment is to be held is so worthy of encouragement, and the interest in the matter is so great, that the affair cannot fail to be a success. Several well-known authors have shown their interest by offering to read selections from their own works. Among them are the following: Julia Ward Howe, Edward Everett Hale, Thomas Wentworth Higginson, William Winter, Louise Chandler Moulton, John Boyle O'Reilly, George Parsons Lathrop, Charles Follen Adams and Charlotte Fiske Bates...
...shall be content to admit the superiority of our rival and to take a back seat. Lack of space forbids further discussion; but we assure our friends that we shall continue to do everything in our power to improve the paper, and we wish our would-be rivals every success...