Word: successful
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...reported that at the crew dinner when "Harvard Every Day" was sung there was a general shout of approval by the graduates present which proclaimed the song an immediate success. This success was further attested last night when the song was sung at the mass meeting under the direction of the composer and was called for time after time. It took but a few minutes to learn it as it had few difficulties to present and the spirit and rhythm of the lines were highly contagious. It was a wise move on the part of the Song Committee to make...
...dinner given by the Harvard Club of Boston at the Hotel Somerset last evening in honor of last year's victorious crew and baseball team was an unqualified success. About 350 men were present, and enthusiasm ran high throughout the evening. Music was furnished by an orchestra, and the football songs and others were played and sung...
...saying that there should be no regret at his resignation. He desires to leave the strenuous task before his faculties are impaired. A young man is needed, who will have to learn much, but who must pursue a steady policy, for that is the only way to gain success. President Eliot said that he had always been interested in athletics and in the success of the Harvard teams; but he has always believed that honor is first, success second. Last year's crew under the able lead of Captain Richardson remedied a grave defect in our rowing system, one that...
Forty songs were submitted to the song committee in this year's song competition. Of these forty songs only two have been sung at the mass meetings, and the success achieved by these two has been by no means tremendous. It is true that those on the committee are the most capable persons to choose these songs, but at the same time, it would seem that when as many as forty songs have been handed in, that the students should be given a chance to hear a few more out of these forty. A short time ago there...
...opening lines of the latter of which had been rewritten, showed great improvement, but would have gone much better had the words been generally known. Both songs improved, however, during the course of the evening, after repeated encores. Some of the old songs were tried with considerable success...