Word: successful
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...three years Junior dances have been held in the Union, and have enjoyed remarkable success. We are glad to see that the 1909 committee is appointed at this early date, for upon this committee the virtual responsibility of the dance will rest. Although these dances are regarded primarily as class affairs, the important part which the Union plays in their success should not be overlooked. In return for the added prestige which they give the Union, this organization provides an ideal place to hold a dance. Any who have thoughtlessly neglected to join the Union should carry their intention into...
...organizations can be given free rein to develop as their possibilities permit. But we are sure that abolition of intercollegiate contests will work greater harm to the cause of general participation in athletics than its advantages would compensate for. At present, let us use all legitimate means to bring success in intercollegiate contests, especially football--where the need is greatest--and at the same time afford every incentive to develop the more limited contests...
...order to win a fair share of victories, must throw over ultra-conservatism and adopt a progressive policy. Other colleges are willing to adopt the good things our University offers; why do we not follow the undoubted leader in football? West Point and Annapolis have done it with success, and it is needless to mention how many other colleges have had Yale coaching. At what college of note in the East will you find Harvard coaching in vogue? You cannot find it because there is no system to teach. Was there a single patent trace of Reid's labors this...
...impossible to estimate the exact influence which John Harvard exerted upon this University. In the early days of any institution a small thing may turn the scales toward success or failure. Let it suffice that John Harvard's gifts to this University were important enough to entitle him, in the opinion of his contemporaries, to give his name to the institution of which we are all proud to form a part. With general support the demonstration this evening will show how we value the timely aid which our virtual founder gave to the struggling College...
...Harvard Memorial Dinner, held last night in Memorial Hall under the auspices of the Memorial Society, was a brilliant success, both in the large number of graduates and undergraduates present and in the long list of distinguished speakers...