Word: successful
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...forty years he has administered the affairs of the University with wisdom, with patient foresight, with courage and with success...
...labor, and at the Republican convention in 1904 he filled the position of assistant secretary. The following year he became assistant postmaster general, resigning last June to manage the Republican national campaign. His able work in this position was one of the chief factors which contributed to Taft's success...
...recorded by the simple but valuable expedient of preserving the trophies of the field in a conspicuous place. That the trophies have in all cases been claimed is scarcely to be questioned, but that they should lie about unseen and disregarded mars to no inconsiderable extent the success of winning teams. Traditions can be maintained only with much effort and vigilance; they can easily become mere breaths of the past and mean nothing to those of us who belong to the present generation. Nor are traditions always worthy of further perpetuation. But in matters which concern so deeply the life...
...Baldwin, the arctic explorer, will speak on "the Baldwin-Ziegler Polar Expedition and Plans for Future Polar Research" in the Living Room of the Union next Tuesday evening. In his lecture he will describe his experiences with the expedition and will explain his ideas for the success of future polar research, which have never before been made public. Mr. Baldwin accompanied Commodore Peary in his dash for the North Pole in 1893. Five years later he went with the Wellman polar expedition. He also travelled to Spitzbergen in order to go with Andree in his balloon trip over the Arctic...
...members of the team, we might talk on and on for columns. They have worked hard and their labors have been rewarded. They have believed firmly in their own ability to keep ahead of the other team and their confidence has been of the sort that breeds success. Under the able direction of an acting captain who fulfilled his position splendidly they fought hard and cleanly, they were never caught unprepared, and each man responded with his supreme effort when called upon to do his part. Harvard is proud of every man of them...