Word: successful
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...that is wanting to make the interscholastic tennis tournament a great success today is fine weather. The entries have been more than could possibly have been expected so early in the year, and a large number of schools are represented. The entries are as follows...
...Harvard Lawn Tennis Association has shown commendable energy in arranging for the Interscholastic Tennis Tournament which is to take place today. For the success of the tournament, which seems assured, the Harvard men have worked hard; and they deserve in return the thanks of the college. An annual Interscholastic Tennis Tournament like the one today is bound to develop to a remarkable extent the material in the preparatory schools. It is a continuation of work upon the same principle which underlay the establishment by Harvard men of an Interscholastic Athletic Association. The benefit to Harvard athletics is incalculable...
...This success of the Summer Schools has been due to several causes, chief among which are the energy and earnestness shown by the Harvard instructors who have carried on the work of the school. The class of students, moreover, who have availed themselves of the advantages of the school has been exceedingly varied. It has been made up partly, as we have said, of those who, as teachers, are trying to learn better methods of instruction; partly of a representation from western colleges-a representation that is constantly growing; and partly of diligent students who are regular students...
...natural that a large number of men should be attracted by it, but to have the number reduced by only five or six, after three months' work, with the additional hardship of going for a walk at eight o'clock every morning certainly bodes well for success over Yale and all other opponents. The team will go to a training table about the first...
...unlikely, we imagine, that the association will repeat its mistake of last year of not having its support assured beforehand. We understand that already enough funds have been secured to warrant the carrying on of the arrangements. To ensure success, however, the association will need far more generous support from the college. The work of the Cycling Association is a direct aid in the development of our material for the track athletic games with Yale and the other colleges. If our college recognized this fact more plainly, we should not now have to urge its more loyal support...