Word: triumphed
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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That President Lowell and his assistants have been able to take an institution which finds its roots apparently in the very core of British educational traditions, and have adapted that system to meet the needs of a newer and different civilization, is a real triumph of administration. As facts become better known it becomes obvious that such adaptation demands the finest educational skill and technique...
Scoring the most momentous crew triumph in five years, the first University eight swept the Charles in the feature race of the Quadrangular Regatta on Saturday, with a crippled Pennsylvania outfit, M. I. T. and Cornell finishing in order. Not since 1920 had a Crimson crew finished ahead of any eight except M. I. T., and until Saturday Cornell's record had remained unblemished by a Harvard defeat since...
Bowdoin's last triumph was an 8 to 5 victory over Colby in a championship contest. It was in this game that it demonstrated those batting potentialities which menace the offerings of the University pitchers. Both Fish, the Bowdoin right fielder, and the first baseman, Smell, were responsible for a safety each time they faced the pitcher, and have played themselves capable of handling anything given them by an opposing nurley throughout the season. These men were in the lineup that took a 6 to 3 defeat from the Crimson last year, as was Robinson. HARVARD BOWDOIN Zarakov...
...debacle of baseball as the "great American pastime" took place on the second team diamond Saturday afternoon when the European history students overcame their American rivals by a score of 9 runs to 5. This triumph of culture over mere American "ingenuity" was attested to last night by Professor R. B. Merriman, who served as both base and pitching umpire at the contest...
...during the past year. Last spring, the rendering of Beethoven's "Ninth Symphony" was heralded a great achievement and established the organization as one of the foremost male choruses in America. The acclaim with which the recent performance of Brahms's "Requiem" was grooted, marks, however, a still greater triumph M. Koussevitzky paid the Glee Club a signal honor by acting as is cost conductor; now he adds his high praise in words which carry the weight of undoubted authority. He not only asserts that it is the best trained chorus in America, but gives it a place of international...