Word: successful
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...name in every body's mouth. It is proper that the athlete should enjoy a certain measure of collegiate fame, but it is far from proper that he should hold so nearly a monopoly of it as he does today. Such prominence as is now the reward of success in athletics is harmful both to him who receives it and to those who accord it to him. It tends to pervert the ideals which should be foremost in the minds of those who are pursuing a collegiate education...
...awarded a share in his respect which is denied to the mere athlete. Football, baseball, any of the sports, is more exciting and attracts a more intense interest than can fairly be asked for intellectual work. No outsider can follow the processes which lead to literary or scientific success, or can feel with him who wins it all the eager joy of victory. It is difficult to appreciate and generally impossible to grow enthusiastic over the competition in which the brain prevails. We believe, however, that even now the sober praise which Harvard men never deny to scholarly ability...
Track athletics are now absorbing much attention at Yale. The innovation of the present management in holding invitation games at which entries will be accepted from all the leading colleges and amateur athletic clubs, is meeting with thorough success. Entries have already closed for the games next Saturday. Much interest centers in two events on this occasion, the 100-yard dash and the mile walk. Yale has good men in both of these events...
...number of baseball season tickets which have thus far been sold is unpleasantly low, - so low as almost to force the inference that the extent of the sale depends to a large degree on the success of the nine. If true, this shows a deplorable state of affairs. Harvard men should be the last to forget that the obligation to support a team is only increased by a temporary lack of success. That the nine has unfortunately met with several defeats at the beginning of the season, and has not played fully up to the hopes of the College...
...second game with Dartmouth today will give the nine an excellent opportunity to show what they can do and we heartily wish them success...