Word: gradually
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...current number of "Harper's Weekly" is given a very interesting prospective plan for the future architectural development of Harvard University. This plan has been made possible by the gradual investment by a few interested graduates, who, by acquiring the land from Massachusetts avenue to the river between Holyoke and DeWolf streets, have opened a way for a model university plant...
...than momentary illusion. Yet the audience, if puzzled, was clearly interested and, for the most part, sympathetic. The second act showed substantial improvement. The actors were more at home in their parts, the lines were read better, and the wit of the dialogue more frequently crossed the footlights. The gradual rise in tone, the gaining of the serious upon the comic element, which is one of the most marked features of the play, became distinctly perceptible. This improvement was sustained through the third act. Here a number of minor characters make their appearance, and the scene of the reception...
...general decrease from all the New England states, with slight ups and downs, in the last five years. It is difficult to draw any accurate conclusions from the figures of the states with smaller representations. Comparing similar statistics during the period from 1904 to 1908, there has been a gradual increase in California and Washington on the Coast and a corresponding increase in the Middle Western states of Iowa, Minnesota, and Indiana. New York and Illinois have decreased during this period while Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Ohio have been fairly uniform. In the South, Georgia and Tennessee have increased steadily...
...Thomas M. Osborne '84 spoke in the Living Room of the Union last evening on "The George Junior Republic." He showed what the experiment was and what sort of work it was accomplishing. The Republic was not a complete organization at first, but was a gradual outgrowth of a summer camp, established by Mr. William George in 1891. Mr. George established a jury system with a judge and district attorney, and a supreme court of appeals was instituted. In the fall of 1894 Mr. George decided to form a legislature and institute a system of coinage. The thought struck...
...system outlined above insures simplicity and prevents conflict of authority. It is the result of a gradual development from the time when journalism at Harvard was in its infancy. Today the CRIMSON is the result of the CRIMSON's system...