Word: successfully
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...winter meetings are over. They have met with deserved success, and have realized, in all respects, the hopes of the managers. Now, the men can indulge more in field athletics, and we hope all opportunities will be improved so that we may have many and good contestants for the spring games. Harvard's prospects in an athletic point of view never looked more promising than at present. There is a large amount of good material in college, and we are pleased to remark that the aforesaid good material has been conscientiously improving itself. We have every reason to anticipate successes...
...last event of the day was the one probably awaited with the most interest of any, the final contest for the Tug-of-War prize between the two former victorious teams of '82 and '84. There was considerable confidence among the men of these classes as to the success of their respective teams, and exultant cheers resounded through the gymnasium when the victory was decreed...
...that the three regular meetings of the Athletic Association have been so successfully completed, while only the encore or overflow meeting of Monday evening remains to be held, it is fitting that the thanks of the college should be extended to the energetic managers of the association for their untiring efforts to secure success. This success of itself might indeed be considered by themselves a sufficient reward, but an expression of thanks from the college is a duty it owes to itself and to them. Thanks must also be given to all those who have contributed to this success...
...Association. Where or when they will practice is as yet undecided. The plan seems to be a good one and undoubtedly a good membership would be secured. Since the decease of the Harvard rifles, there has been no action by those who are marksmen. If the association prove a success, rifle clubs will be formed in other colleges and an inter-collegiate match may be the result. It would certainly call forth much interest, and would prove an acceptable addition to our other sports...
...have come across the following passage of a letter written by Daniel Webster to his son Fletcher, who was about to be graduated at Harvard, in 1833: "I have seldom felt so much concern about anything of the kind as I do upon your success upon that occasion. I pray you spare no pains. Do your best, and you will do well enough. I earnestly remind you of the necessity of acting with great caution in regard to all festivities. You remember what I said to you on that head, and I pray you forget no part of it." - [Scholastic...