Word: successful
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...SUMICHRAST.MILITARY DRILL.- A number of men who have signified their desire to join the drill squads have not yet attended drills. Each one should feel that the success of the drill depends upon his individual attendance, and I request all who can join the squad now, or who intend to join later, to see me at Armory Hall, Brattle Square at 4.45 today, or to let meet hear from them in writing at once...
...must be urged to come out, and a sustained effort must be made to obtain little by little the support which the old clubs have failed to secure. This must necessarily be a work of time. It will be a mistake to expect a large measure of success immediately. Above all, it will be a mistake to relax the effort in case it should not meet with immediate success. An important object of the change is to reach out beyond the narrow limits of the present debating set, and gradually attract men who are not now thought of as debaters...
...prospects were very encouraging, the work of the team has lately been rather poor. The backs and interference seem slow in starting and do not strike the line with any force. However, the personnel of the team is quite strong and their showing would seem to depend on their success in getting well together in the team play...
There is however plenty of room for improvement in Harvard's track athletic record of the past few years. Certain events particularly must be strengthened, such as the weights and the bicycle races. There are surely numbers of men in the University who could be trained with success for these events, and we hope that encouraged by the satisfactory prospects for the track material, the management will be able to turn out some good weight throwers and bicycle riders. They should make a determined effort to put in the field next spring a well rounded team which is free from...
...change of system is necessary. As the best suggestion for improvement we point to the Freshman Club and would have similar clubs established in the other classes. Our correspondent thinks on the contrary that there is no field for further development of debating activity and that the lack of success of the Union and the Forum is due to the debating courses which absorb the whole interest of upper classmen...