Word: successful
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...election to the captaincy of next year's football team. It congratulates him for the honor that has been conferred on him, on the unanimity and spirit of those "H" men who will form the nucleus of his team, and for the opportunity before him of achieving the success over Yale that his past career promises. We take upon ourselves to promise him the support of the whole University, and in its behalf to wish him the best of luck next November...
...given Mr. Foster's "On Beaches and Dunes" for its harmonic individuality and charm of original sentiment. Mr. Sweet's "Warum sind die Rosen so blass" was a close, second as regards sentiment and workmanship. As a whole, the club is heartily to be congratulated upon the signal success of its concert...
...outshine the graduates of the private schools in scholarship at College. The champions of the private schools may say that their graduates do not make the same effort for high scholastic standing as the high school men, and that their loss in this field is more than offset by success in the so-called "outside activities" of College. After all, this answer does little more than beg the question. "Outside activities" may be of great value in an all-round education, but when they are offered as a substitute for the essential work of College, their value is obviously overestimated...
...matter of fact the relative success of graduates of public and private schools in scholarship at Harvard is not a very accurate method of judging the ability of these schools even in the field of developing scholars, leaving aside the question of their ability in producing useful and efficient citizens. While from 90 to 95 per cent, of the men at a boarding school usually go to college, the worst scholars along with the best, quite a different condition obtains at the high schools. There, many leave to go directly to work, while those who enter College...
Although an increase in numbers is a healthy sign, it can not be an absolute criterion of a university's success. But side by side with this increase we know that the new optional examination system is a force at work making Harvard more and more representative of the entire country...