Word: progressiveness
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Dates: during 1910-1910
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...crew. On Wednesday Bacon was forced to stop rowing on account of a sprained ankle, Metcalf replacing him at 5. G. H. Balch '12, who has recovered from his sickness, returned to College on Wednesday and took Metcalf's place at 7 in the second crew. The progress of the University crew has been retarded during the week by the changes made necessary yesterday and Wednesday. The work of the second and third University crews has steadily improved since the first day out. In the latter part of the week a four-oar has replaced the fourth crew as many...
During the week six Freshman crews have been put on the river but only the first two crews have made any noticeable progress. The first Freshman crew has shown good promise of developing eventually into as good a crew as has been the standard for the past five years. The stern four is composed of heavy men and is rowing fairly well together, although the bow four is not so good, and changes seem very likely. Coach Wray is taking charge of the first two crews, while the rest of the squad is under Coaches Brown and Stevenson...
...winning this game Harvard will rank second in the intercollegiate league standing. Since the defeat by Princeton on January 15, constant progress has been made, especially in the team-work of the forwards, and the game this evening should be extremely close. Yale may tie for second place in the league by winning from Harvard, when they will each have won and lost three games...
...present Japanese progress is not something extraordinary, it is the natural course of the realization of national ideals. Even as far back as the seventh century the Japanese saw the benefits that could be gained by adopting Chinese civilization. At that time the Chinese religion, governmental systems and literature were introduced in a body, and the present introduction of western civilization in the nineteenth century is well known...
...desirable elements in setting admission examinations are to secure an equitable adjustment of College requirements to school work, to make the College requirements uniform, and to get the best means of testing fitness for admission. With respect to the first, Harvard has recently made much progress by transferring to the College all work for the S.B. degree, and by adding to the list of admission subjects a number related to work for this degree. Such changes have made entrance from technical schools easier, and have allowed students who wish to make a specialty of scientific subjects to begin their training...