Word: successful
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Freshman Debating Club evidently is not lacking in enterprise. The experiment which will be tried this evening of extemporaneous debate looks at first a little doubtful, but we nevertheless hope that it will prove a success. While it is true that it is a most valuable accomplishment to be able to speak offhand on any subject, it is equally true that the average youth finds it quite hard enough to say what he wants to even when he is primed with arguments...
...meeting of the Freshman Debating Club this evening an entirely new feature will be introduced in the form of an extemporaneous debate, which will be substituted for the regular debate. It is desired that there be a large attendance in order to make the new endeavor a success...
...idea of having former members of the team address the first meeting of the candidates has proved an excellent one, and we see no reason why it should not become an established practice. Harvard men are not indifferent to the success of the University in athletics or anything else, but the diversity of interests in the intellectual life, undoubtedly has a tendency to work against concentration. The occasional return of old "grads" counteracts this tendency by reminding the undergraduates that they are parts of one body and as such should pull together whenever the honor of the whole...
...Rose Eytinge of the Julia Marlowe company has taken Robert Browning's poetical drama of that name, and reducing it to one act, has adapted it to the stage and it will have its first production during the week of January 14. The piece has already been given with success in Chicago, where Julia Marlowe received much praise for her work in it. The repertoire for the third and last week is as follows: Monday night, "Pygmalion and Galatea" and "Colombe's Birthday"; Tuesday and Wednesday nights, "The Love Chase"; Thursday and Friday nights, "Rogues and Vagabonds," "Colombe's Birthday...
...especially called attention to the fact that a control of good English and the power of clear expression were important factors in the success of every engineer...