Word: successful
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...place at fullback, and Shea will be used if possible at guard. Robinson '04, is making a strong fight for one of the guard positions and has been doing excellent work up to this time. Parkinson, of last year's Freshman eleven, has been used with some success in Shea's former position at tackle. For halfbacks, Schoelkopf 2L., a former Cornell fullback, Randall '05, and Nesmith and Nichols of the Freshman team last year, appear to be promising candidates. Among those trying for fullback are Meier '04 and Sperry '06; for ends, Montgomery '06, Jones '04 and Bartels...
...Directors believe that the sentiment of the Hall will endorse the abolition of fees in favor of the graded system. If so, they are confident that the present standard of service can be not only maintained, but improved, and that the plan will be a success...
...marble bust of Washington, which stood in the Reading Room at the head of the stairs, was taken from its pedestal and carried off. A second attempt to enter the Library was made Saturday night--according to the evidences, by a different set of thieves--but without success. Both attempts were made on one of the ground-floor windows...
...University team is still weak in batting and lately has had little success in bunting, because of a tendency to start to run before hitting the ball. In the last two weeks the nine has also taken a slump in fielding, the chief trouble being that the men hurry the plays. The last two or three games have afforded little chance for base-running, because of poor work...
...some way, the unwritten law discouraging Freshmen from smoking pipes and cigars on the street, seems to have been extended to include the Union. This, I think, is a mistake. The success of the Union depends, in the last analysis, upon succeeding Freshman classes, and if they approach the Club in the right spirit, and can be made to feel that it is their home as well as that of all other Harvard men, they will make the Union an even greater success than it has been heretofore. Therefore, I think that, in the Union, all class as well...