Word: gradually
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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Starting with the great reform wave, which swept over New England in 1832, Mr. Churchill traced the gradual political reform. The sentiment began here and there, and, after many failures, swept from state to state, until now it now it has become national. This reformation is due to the new type of men who have entered politics. In former days it was a bore to go to a political meeting where nobody was listened to or respected, but now the young man has stepped in and changed matters...
...what it believed were the limitations to Harvard's national character from an undergraduate' point of view. We stated that the best way to appeal to the kind of western men who will give our undergraduate community a more national scope than it now has, is by a gradual invasion of the more distant communities by the undergraduates themselves...
This seems like a radical statement, but we cannot help feeling its truth. Athletes themselves admit that the practice is often drudgery, and its greatest pleasure is the feeling of strength that accompanies the gradual perfection of team play for the intercollegiate games,--the real tests. Shall we increase our periods of practice out of all proportion to our games, or shall we organize the football team in November and the baseball team for Commencement week? In either case the interest of the participants will be decreased one hundred-fold, and of that there can be but one result--intercollegiate...
...that the Corporation is willing to guarantee the maintenance of a lower price proves that the management is being supported by this body in its efforts to place Memorial Hall on its proper footing in the University, and this should restore the confidence which has been shaken by the gradual rise in the price of general board. With the assurance that the price will not exceed a fixed amount, the uncertainty which has driven many members away will cease, and a growing and well-satisfied membership will probably result in a further reduction--one which would never have been possible...
...urging their point, have neglected the position of the undergraduate. Their ideal is that of progress in unexplored regions of literature, art and science. Ours is the development of "second-string" men, who, while profiting themselves by the words of eminent authorities, will pave the way for a gradual improvement in real scholarship. To our undeveloped minds this ideal seems nobler than devotion to original research, and until financial resources make possible the parallel development of the two ideals, we must hold that the leading authorities of American universities are justified in devoting their energies to the propagation of learning...