Word: successives
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Garcelon, L. '95 said that the secret of success in all things is preparation; the reason why the football and baseball teams, and the crew won last year was because they kept everlastingly at their work. The track team must defeat Yale this year to make up for the defeat of last year, and in order to do this every man must stay out for practice until the end, and even if a man feels that he cannot make the team, his work may encourage someone else...
...various aspects of the situation have been dwelt on in this column too recently to call for repetition. The present need is not discussion but boarders. It has been figured that to make the American plan a success there must be at least 800 regular members and the more men eating regularly at the Hall the better will be the board. It is apparent that every effort will be made to make the service and menus as attractive as possible and there is no reason why it cannot be made as pleasant as any boarding place in Cambridge...
...Brien first explained the principle of jiu-jitsu and showed that the success of any grip depended solely on the leverage gained by the expert. The entire science is a knowledge of the laws of balance and equilibrium. There is not great strength needed; speed is the essential quality. He then illustrated various methods of fighting and throwing, among them a trick to prevent an antagonist from drawing a revolver, or from firing it once it is drawn. In concluding he showed several ways of breaking the best known wrestling holds...
...Juniors, whether or not members of the Union, are invited to attend the first smoker of the year in the Dining Room of the Union at 8.30 o'clock this evening. In order to make the first meeting of the class this year a success, the Smoker Committee has provided special features. An entertainment by members of the class has been arranged, and the class officers will be called upon to make speeches. Refreshments will be served, and there will be music...
...committees has not compared favorably with the preceding election, which itself, we are forced to admit, seldom attracts as large a vote as the class, collectively speaking, would like to see. In some respects the final election is fully as important as the first, for upon its result the success of Class Day and of the future organization of the class largely depends. The situation this year calls for even a more interested vote than formerly, for not only must a committee be chosen to co-operate with the Treasurer and lead the class organization after graduation, as well...