Word: successful
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...bound to attract more than usual attention. The freshman race between Harvard and Columbia will also be welcomed, especially by members of Ninety-nine. There is at present every prospect of an active season in rowing, and the united efforts of all members of the University should assure success...
College re-opened January 2, after the Christmas holidays, during which time the University Glee, Banjo and Mandolin Clubs took the usual trip. This year a series of concerts was given throughout the South and was pronounced a great success. The result of the intercollegiate chess tournament, from a Princeton standponint, was not up to the expectation of those in college who took an interest in it. While appreciating the fact of Harvard's superiority, it was extremely unfortunate that one of Princeton's substitutes was forced to play...
...before you,' 'Speak out straight from the heart,' 'Suit the action to the thought.' Heeding these directions, because they have appealed forcibly to the common sense of those who heard them, Harvard men have become more impressive and convincing on the platform. These qualities have helped immeasurably to our success; and we like to do the things in which we are successful. Hence interest in debating and speaking has grown remarkably not only with us, but among colleges in general. Harvard sets the pace in things intellectual in the college world...
...part. Only a few days previous to this application, I had a letter from an Illinois college asking for some directions, and last year I got a dozen or more such requests. In the constant growth of college interests, debating and speaking will have a chief place, and the success of the work already done in these matters is heartily recognized and appreciated. The increase in debating interest and the credit which the college will receive for it have only just begun...
Lastly, we come to the regulation and improvement of the social conditions. All reform should be amended only in the statutes after the most careful deliberation and investigation. This canniest be effected by official inquiry, for individual research never would have the same success as an investigation backed by the government...