Word: successful
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...work here. Those of us who have had the privilege of meeting him week day mornings at Wadsworth House remember the warmth and heartiness of his greeting and the interest and affection he felt for each one. In the pulpit as well as in private he had the same success in dealing with college men. He could present to us, as no other could, the high ideals of life and the great opportunities that were ours and so present them that the influence of his teaching was deep and lasting. His personality-a personality of faithfulness, of brotherly and sympathetic...
...first debate of this year between Yale and Harvard was certainly a success from every point of view. The management was very fortunate in its choice of officers. President Eliot as presiding officer, added much to the interest of the evening, and the judges were men of prominence and well versed in the knowledge of public affairs. We are certainly grateful to the Hon. Wm. E. Barrett, President Andrews of Brown and Profes-Seligman of Columbia, for consenting to act as judges, and we may feel confident that they were perfectly fair and impartial in discharging their part. The large...
...night's debate has certainly helped to emphasize more fully the advantages and beneficial results of this comparatively new form of contest between two colleges. When the scheme of intercollegiate debates was first proposed and discussed there was some feeling that such a form of contest might not be successful; that it would not interest college undergraduates or incite them to take part in a contest, the character of which was so excellent. The first debate of last year, however, was a pleasing proof to the contrary, and the second debate, even more successful than the first, was only...
...WARREN ARGUMENT.To understand the origin of railroad abuses, one must appreciate the full extent of competition. Investors cannot withdraw their money, they must make the road a success. Hence competition has become a life and death struggle, and the roads have resorted to underhand means. But the railroads themselves, for their own salvation, introduced a system of pooling which, by giving each road an assurance of just so much traffic, removed the necessity for reductions, and the evils consequent upon these reductions...
...skeptical about the possibilities of success, I would recommend Mr. Norman's book, referred to above. Anybody who can read that and not be inspired to wish to see another Greek play before his college days are over, must be very sluggish indeed. Pray let this not be the last word to be expressed with relation to this important matter...