Word: successful
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Intercollegiate Association has held twelve championship meets and of these the University team has won seven; the last victory, however, was in 1901. Success in this year's meet seems to be between the University team and that of West Point, as neither of these teams has been defeated this season. Either Bowman of the University team, F. Lage of Columbia or Williford of West Point should win the individual championship which will be awarded to the man winning the greatest number of bouts both today and tomorrow...
Finally, "the sportsman may take pride in his success, but this does not mean conceit...
...everyday affairs President Eliot pointed out the evil of over-capitalization which, because of its effect on the state of mind of wage earners is one of the main causes of the existing industrial unrest. The promoting of companies, he said, should be rewarded for is skill and success in proportion to the amount of skill required to develop a new enterprise and to the gravity of the risks to be run, as well as in proportion to the amount of money invested in it. And directors in any business corporation ought to be men who understand the business...
...harm done was fully realized." The letter concluded, "since it is fully as disgraceful for an athlete to get on probation as to break training, and should be so regarded, it has been decided in view of these facts, and of the fact that the chances of success for the baseball team, the crew and the track team this spring and of the football team next fall are seriously jeopardized by reason of regular members of the squads and promising candidates being on probation, that after the coming hour examination the names of all the men useful to the squads...
...with Cornell last Saturday, the team on the whole showed improvement, especially in team play. There is still, however, a tendency to foul on the part of the guards. It is expected that the signal plays, which have not worked well until very recently, will be used tonight with success...