Word: toward
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...solidarity and unity of aim, they have let in light and air. They have given us a freedom of movement needed for further progress. May we not say of the extreme elective system what Edmond Sherer said of democracy; that it is but one stage in an irresistible march toward an unknown goal? Progress means change, and every time of growth is a transitional era; but in a peculiar degree the present state of the American college bears the marks of a period of transition. This is seen in the comparatively small estimation in which high proficiency in college studies...
...effort has been made to correlate all the work and thus enable any student to continue his courses from year to year toward a definite goal. All new applicants will consult a board of advisers who will determine their fitness to enter any course; in this way, they will only take the studies for which they are fully prepared and thus derive the greatest benefit. If an applicant is not prepared for any course he desires to take, every effort will be made to help him. This will be aided further by grouping the courses in the different departments which...
...full of spectacular plays and was not decided until the last man was out. The Freshmen won by bunching their hits. The fielding of both teams was erratic and errors were responsible for a number of the runs. Babson pitched well, allowing but five hits, though he weakened slightly toward the end of the game...
...Harvard University during the forty years of your presidency over that institution, thus largely contributing to the advancement of our country, has been graciously pleased to confer upon you the Grand Cordon of the Imperial Order of the Rising Sun, as a mark of His Majesty's good will toward...
...visit of the feet to Japan was thought by many, due to the false newspaper reports, to be a demonstration; on the contrary, the visit was made on the invitation of the Mikado received through Baron Takahira himself. This visit has strengthened materially the traditional friendship which Japan holds towards this country. He dwelt, at some length, on the imperial decree which was issued last year to aid in gaining unison throughout Japan not only in the matters of foreign relations but also in the foreign policy which is now in force. The work of Americans in the Far East...