Word: progresses
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Dates: during 1890-1890
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...unusual number of men who could afford to go elsewhere are boarding at Memorial; and 75 names are still on the waiting list, while in previous years there has never been any waiting list at all after the first of March. These facts point to a year of uncommon progress: and what is the inference? I understand that Mr. Darling is exceedingly unwilling to be re-nominated. But in so serious a matter as this, the college has a right to the services of the men who can serve her best, and Mr. Darling has one qualification which no other...
During the progress of the game on Saturday with the Wollastons, some of the other candidates for the 'varsity played a picked freshman nine on Divinity. Luce, '91, pitched on the college team and Mason, '91, caught. Soule, '93, Brown, '92, Cummings, '91, and Curtis '92, also played. For the freshman. Frothingham (captain), pitched until relieved by Young '92. Sheldon caught, Dexter and Merriam were tried at first base, and Jackson at second. Stevens was tried at both third base and short-stop. Manley, Ingalls and Dibblee also played...
...leading article in the Atlantic for April is a paper on "Some Popular Objections to Civil Service Reform," by Governor Morton. The paper is in two parts, the first of which is given here. Governor Morton's position is clearly suggested in one of his earliest sentences, "political progress is mostly narrative, consisting mainly in the repeal of bad laws or in the abolition of bad customs." Some of the objections are taken from the records of congress, others from the newspaper and street. None of them stand up before Mr. Morton's vigorous blows...
...Hale of Boston conducted the services at Appleton Chapel yesterday afternoon. The speaker after reading a portion of the gospel of St. John made a short address especially for students of history and philosophy. He said he wished to impress upon these men in particular, the lesson of eternal progress and improvement of mankind; in which improvement the working together of all persons is an essential quality. For by this working together we make ourselves partakers of the divine life...
...gymnasium. The drill has been entirely on the elementary principles of using the bodies and slides. From this time on there will be more attention paid to the finer points of body-work and watermanship. Since the speed of a crew depends on its mastery of details, the progress of it can best be judged by the speed and thoroughness with which every man acquires these fine points. Good time is a difficult thing absolutely necessary to a fast crew; in the present crew the time has been poor for the last week. Some men go back...