Word: successful
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Prof. Bliss Perry Defined Success...
...many men come to Harvard with the prep-school' notion of success," said Professor Bliss Perry, of the English Department. "The successes you may attain here, which may give you prominence aren't important. The decisions you make within yourselves are the turning points of your lives." Professor Perry spoke of the chance of service offered by the Phillips Brooks House as one of the most valuable and important of college activities. Speaking of the social side of college life, Professor Perry said, "Too many of you get your pleasure without earning it. Don't take your enjoy-men here...
...part of the protagonist and the perfect interplay of line and backfield. Harvard lost Mahan, but of course, will endeavor to find a successor--perhaps Flower, perhaps Casey--and then to effect an interlocking system in which each man will do his part to make the play a success. Yale will unquestionably use Le Gore in this way, and if the proper supporting combination can be arranged, he will be a dangerous offensive factor, since versatility is, so to speak, his middle name. Princeton will undoubtedly work over the idea; in fact, every team with a progressive coach will...
...players on the team desire the support of the undergraduates, but hearty and enthusiastic cheering on Saturdays means much more than the observation of a few hundred men during the week. Lastly, any individual ought to be willing to sacrifice the pleasure of satisfying his curiosity when the success of the football team is at stake. Therefore, let the undergraduate body no longer veil the word "secret" with mysterious, undemocratic meanings...
...season will start this afternoon when the first practice will be held for both teams on Soldiers' Field at 3 o'clock. Coach Burgess will again resume his duties as director of the University team, which under the leadership of Captain O. G. Daly '17, promises to meet with success...