Word: successful
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...these prophets came into their own. They had been telling us for about two weeks that the Yale freshmen were our superiors. We had been laughing up our sleeves at them during these same two weeks. These athletic Elijahs foretell correctly with such infrequency that we scarcely regret their success this year, for if they were never right we should cease to take them even half seriously. We do regret, however, that their success was realized through the efforts of a certain educational institution which is located at New Haven. If there is any rival in the world whom Harvard...
...first check on the success of the Freshman team came in the Exeter game. Yale 1921 and the Princeton yearlings had defeated the school eleven by decisive scores so that an opportunity to compare the teams which were to meet in the triangular series, now ending for the University Freshmen, was offered. In the first half at Exeter, 1921 played a fast game, scoring a touchdown and apparently having the game won. The Freshmen went to pieces, however, toward the close of the game, were unable to stop the Exeter attack, and had difficulty in holding the final score...
...France has more carefully mastered the theory of war nor more brilliantly carried it to execution; wherever he has been he has achieved triumph, by studying not only the physical factors before him, but also the morale of his troops. On three occasions in particular has he achieved decisive success. The first was the Battle of la Fere Champenoise, in the centre of front on the Marne, where against overwhelming odds he rearranged his front, cutting into the flank of his opponents and provoking the general retreat that carried back the Germans to the line of the Aisne; the second...
Both informals and Freshmen ran through plays in a light scrimmage without tackling. The defensive formations were especially emphasized. The informals had some success in forward passing ,but the Jacks were inclined to be inaccurate...
...success of the Bureau's important work is well illustrated by the fact that the Chicago Credit Man's Association recently voted to adopt the Harvard system of accounts for retail grocers, and is now sending names of retailers to whom copies of the accounting system are to be sent. This accounting system has worked so well for retail grocers that the National Wholesale Grocers' Association wishes to have the Bureau cooperate with its committee in creating a uniform system for all wholesale grocers...