Word: successful
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...success or failure of the precedent set by the Class of 1919 rests on whether it is adopted and carried out by the Class of 1920 and subsequent entering classes. The scholarship idea is one which will be possible for the classes to continue because the class collection always exceeds the expenses...
...standing on the 30-yard line, put a drop-kick squarely between the uprights. This was the only field goal the University attempted, but Neville, Comerford and Legore each tried one unsuccessfully for Yale. All three were from beyond the 40-yard line and the only one that approached success was Comerford's placement kick from the 42-yard line, which hit the upright almost on a level with the cross...
...honor entrance men. Out of twenty-two who received highest honors, six made first group last year, eight made second group, and only two failed to be recorded in the Rank List. These figures partially corroborate President Foster's much attacked contention that early marks point to later success. They go to show that the recognition accorded to this year's Freshmen is an indication not of passing accomplishment but of permanent ability...
...Pioneer is the one who has the backbone to grow up with a new country, or under new truth, or in a new profession. There are said to be 50 chances of success for every graduate of an American scientific department who is willing to live his career in the Orient, while there is, perhaps, only one out of 50 chances of greatness at home in some branch of industry which is already highly developed. China wakens and calls for an army of engineers. India, bewailing her illiteracy, calls for teachers. Aeronautics, wireless telegraphy, branches of social service and dozens...
...lack of support, for, with the exception of Sam Dody's dancing and the few songs of Marguerite Farrell, the rest of the work is very mediocre, especially so in contrast with the clever performance of inimitable Lew Fields. Alice Fischer as Mrs. Schniff just misses success, for occasionally she shows a truly comic gleam, but she often descends into rough-house which almost becomes vulgarity...