Word: progressism
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...abused, but the abuses of the elective system at Harvard are the exception, and not the rule. These eyils exist under other systems as our contemporary admits. Lazy men will be found at Harvard as well as at Princeton, but the system that allows the vast majority to make progress in the field of learning for which one is naturally fitted should not be condemned thereby...
...other studies more important. In the appointment of a Latin orator, Yale boldly avows her intentions not to give up studies which have been of inestimable value to generations of students, just as surely as in each of her many forward steps she shows the spirit of true progress...
...conducive to success in her past policy, she has discarded many of the old ideas of education as antiquated and unprofitable, and blended the advantages of the two systems with marvelous effect. Let us hope, then, that every change which is inaugurated may call to mind that stirring watchword-Progress...
...while we are speaking of base-ball matters, it may not be untimely to call the attention to the series of games now in progress, to determine the class championship. This contest is, in its way, quite as important as are the class races, for in both cases the ultimate object is the training of players to fill the vacancies which annually occur in the 'Varsity organizations. Naturally enough, the interest attending the games does not reach in intensity that which accompanies the eventful day of the races, yet we think that it is, in a degree, the duty...
...little inclination to confidently name the winner in the class races. Since Col. Bancroft has ceased coaching the various crews, there has been, it would seem, an element of uncertainty in regard to the final result of the year's work. The upper-classmen who have carefully watched the progress made by the men in training, declare the chances of success are remarkably even, with the odds, perhaps, slightly in favor of eighty-five. The freshman crew, inexperienced as it is, must not be disregarded in naming the boats likely to take second or third place. Eighty-seven...