Word: successfully
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1870-1879
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...close the fifth volume of our paper, and gladly thank the many friends who have contributed so much to the success of The Crimson, we feel, at the same time, the most sincere regret that there passes from among us a class that has so identified itself with the literary associations and undertakings of our College. The predominant characteristic of the Class of Seventy-five has been its literary taste and tendencies; and while it has never taken so marked a lead in athletic interests as some of its contemporaries, it has furthered the interests of the college papers...
...finances of the Reading-Room are in a promising state, and an effort is now being forwarded by the open handed few to pay off the debt for gas, that former years bequeathed to us. Those who are most interested in the present stability and future success of the Reading-Room will find the Directors more than willing to receive their subscriptions towards paying off this debt...
...efforts of Harvard in raising the value of her degrees seem to have met with the most gratifying success. It is already the custom for graduates to append the abbreviation Harv. to the honorary letters, in distinction from the degrees of which our numerous mushroom colleges are so lavish. There are at present in Cambridge twenty candidates for the degree of A. M., seventeen for the degree of Ph. D., and three for that of S. D.; and this number would doubtless be largely increased next year, were it not for the one blemish in the system which needs remark...
...first year of our much-lauded Boat-Club system has come to an end. Has it been a success ? We fear that many of those who have not been on the crews would answer, "No." On reading articles which appeared in the College papers when the system was first proposed, we find the benefits which were to follow its adoption described in the most glowing colors. It was to put every species and variety of nautical craft at the service of every student for the sum of fifteen dollars, and a hope was held out that this annual payment might...
These remarks of course, though pains have been taken to make them accurate, are without authority, except what applies to 3, 4, 6, 7. With reference to those courses it should be said emphatically that regularity and attention at every exercise is essential to any real success. The courses are integral wholes, and no partial or spasmodic application is regarded as valuable...