Word: progressing
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Coach Bingham spoke of "Progress" as the important point for each individual to remember, progress attained by faithful daily practice, rather than by attempt to establish records in the first week. He laid great stress on the fact that any man with "two arms, two legs and determination" could develop into a successful track athlete. "Every meet this year", Mr. Bingham said, "will be our objective, with the Yale meet on May 13, as the super-objective." He also emphasized a cordial spirit towards opponents as well as towards other members of the squad; of combining a spirit...
...Freshman crews last year made some very good time records and the race today should offer a valuable criterion of the progress the crews have made thus, far. Captain Appleton will be back at bow in Crew A, whose seating otherwise remains the same. Chew B is the special 1924 Freshman crew while Crew C is somewhat changed in its arrangement from the seating announced earlier in the week. Dr Howe had all three of these crews out yesterday in the new arrangement in order to get the men accustomed to each other for today's race. With...
...views he distrusts has been asked to lecture, and he objects to having those views placed before the students who are his charges. Yet if he forbids the lecture before it takes place he is criticized for hampering free speech, and if he stops it while it is in progress the criticism in even worse. His one course, when he has not been consulted previous to the sending of the invitation, is to let the lecturer go on and trust that a university audience has balance enough not to be too greatly affected by platform sentiment. It is unfortunate that...
...government is sufficiently able to finance them, gives a combination which justifies the statement that China faces the greatest educational problem of all time. When the size of China is taken into account, as well as the short time in which she has been developing modern education, her progress compares very favorably with that of western countries...
...recently, Judge Arthur P. Stone '93 pointed out the many advantages that are offered by college debating. He took part in the first intercollegiate debate that was ever held and for many years was coach of the team. Since he retired from that position he has closely followed the progress of the University speakers...