Word: successful
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Only six of the twenty men who had signed up for the Haughton Cup football series reported for practice yesterday. Obviously, unless more interest is taken, the series will be a flat failure. In order to make it a success there must be at least three teams in the contest, and at present barely enough men for two elevens have signed up, and only six of those reported for practice...
...list of smokers which the class will hold during its stay in College. Every Freshman, whether or not he is a member of the Union, is cordially invited to be present, and every man should make it a point to attend, in order that this smoker may have the success which it deserves...
...signed the blue-books at Leavitt & Peirce's for the Haughton Cups football series only nine reported at the Locker Building yesterday. In order to make the series a success there must be at least three teams in the contest, and at present there are barely enough men for two. Every man who has already signed up and anyone else desiring to participate should report at the Locker Building today at 3 o'clock. The rules governing these games will be similar to those under which the Leiter Cup baseball series is conducted...
There were few men in his college generation whose interests were so varied. During his entire course he knew few idle moments, and his untiring energy combined with perseverance and a quiet unassuming manner were qualities which gained him success and stamped him as a leader in his numerous activities...
There has always been one great objection to American football, -- that it was not a game, but a profession; that unlike baseball it could not be played for the sake of the game itself. "Scrub" baseball is admittedly possible, witness the success of the Leiter Cup series, but scrub football has been hitherto untried. This year however, the Haughton Cup is to be given for football, precisely as the Leiter Cup for baseball. Not only is there a chance for those who like the game, yet are not of University calibre, but there is also the opportunity to secure first...