Word: foothold
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Harvard Union is to be congratulated on finishing another year of its successful existence as a college organization. The interest which has been shown throughout the year in the debates has exceeded that of former years, the numbers of the society have increased very materially, and its foothold as a college organization has been strengthened in many ways. The success of the Union is well attested by the fact that it was largely instrumental in inducing the faculty to give up English 6, and although that course will probably be revived next year, the increased interest in the debates will...
...other times and in other ways very materially aided the society in the endeavors to make itself useful. We understand, also, that Mr. Ropes was influential in getting up the present course of lectures which has proved so successful and which has given the society a firmer foothold as a college society than it ever before enjoyed. To Mr. Hart, the president of the society, much praise is also due for his successful efforts in establishing such an interesting course of lectures and in arousing such a healthy interest in the history of our own country...
...success of our Cooperative society has surpassed the expectations of its founders. When it first started it was looked upon with suspicion by a number who feared that it would never succeed in gaining a foothold in the university, largely on account of the much-talk-of "Harvard indifference." But in spite of the many difficulties attending its foundation it has attained a remarkable degree of success and has become at last firmly established as one of the permanent institutions of the college. The membership is larger than ever before and numbers almost half of the university. It does...
...Calhoun spoke like a college professor demonstrating to his class," says John Wentworth, in his "Congressional Reminiscences." "College professors in the South were his great admirers, and taught his doctrines to their students. At the time of his death he was gaining a strong foothold among the scholars of the North, who seemed incapable of resisting the seductive reasoning of his perceptive, comprehensive and analytic mind. Senator John P. Hale of New Hampshire once came to my seat and said: 'I am going to astonish you. Mr. Calhoun has just brought to me a letter, which he said...
...meeting yesterday of the Inter-Collegiate Lacrosse Association marks an important step in the history of lacrosse in the United States, and indicates that lacrosse has at last secured a firm foothold among other legitimate collegiate sports. With flourishing teams at Princeton, Yale and Harvard, the association may reasonably hope to see a rapid spread of the game to other colleges. The adoption of a modified list of playing rules by the convention was a move of great importance for the future of the game. These, if published, will afford all an opportunity to acquire acquaintance with the theory...