Word: accomplishing
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...just where, in the intermediate territory between the professional and the amateur, the division line is to be drawn, is largely a matter of personal opinion. Certainly the best guide for Harvard men is the code of Harvard rules, while, as for the column in question, it can accomplish nothing without the support of public opinion, and next to nothing without the support of college athletic authorities...
...spite of the good advice given last night, we can not but emphasize to each of the newcomers the necessity of choosing some line of undergraduate activity and sticking to it until he can accomplish something for the common good. The opportunities are endless. For those who can not be athletes there are still debating, the college papers, and many other fields, where individual effort betters not alone the individual but also the college itself. And in this unselfish effort, this work side by side with others working for the same end, lies one of the grandest broadening influences...
...sincerest congratulations for the success of their proceedings thus far, for although there have been some who were opposed to the appointment of the committee, as is always the case with new institutions of this kind, its members have unselfishly undertaken an unpleasant task, and have worked hard to accomplish it all because it was thought to be for the good of the University...
...this kind the students have received, has been given from year to year by individuals. With the proceeds of Wednesday's reading, however, it is desired to found a permanent scholarship, like those offered in the University; and if the sum realized is not large enough to accomplish this, it is intended to make the scholarship a temporary one and to use the money at once for the benefit of poor and deserving students. At any rate, no matter what disposition is made of the profits, the undertaking is thoroughly deserving of success. It is to be hoped that members...
...been the almost universal hope and the general belief in Cambridge that the two universities would not allow a trivial matter to keep their athletic teams apart long. The good, which some believed a cession of athletics would accomplish, has been done, if it will be done at all, and it is time for a new and healthier rivalry to begin. It is to be hoped that those who have in charge the proposals for the renewal of athletics will not let any trivial technical points of pride or diplomacy keep the two universities apart...