Word: impetus
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...change is due to a feeling that has long existed in the school that some form of reorganization was vitally necessary if the school was to continue. Added impetus was given to the feeling this year because of the great increase in size. Where the school has never before had more than 230 men registered, this year there are 400 students; nearly double the amount of the usual enrolment...
Harvard's share, which has been estimated at five million dollars, is the largest unrestricted gift this University has ever received. That it comes as a surprise enhances its value; it will give new impetus to the Endowment Fund...
...increase in the number of additional subscriptions that have been received has been one of the most gratifying results of the Endowment Fund Campaign. Many of the alumni have doubled their subscriptions, and in two instances have contributed an additional amount far in excess of their original subscriptions. This impetus has been attributed mainly to the activity of the class committees in an endeavor to gain a one hundred per cent response from their members...
Plans for an intercollegiate league to promote airplane racing received a big impetus Tuesday evening at the banquet of the Harvard Aeronautical Society held in the Union. The two speakers, Mr. Godfrey L. Cabot '82, president of the New England Aero Club, and Lieutenant-Colonel Drennan, in charge of the air-service of the Department of the North-east, both expressed themselves in favor of such a league...
Compulsory athletics for Freshmen is proving successful. Several reports made by Mr. Geer have shown that over two-thirds of the members of 1923 have participated in outside games and that organized sports have received a distinct impetus from the new system...