Word: progressives
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...progress of the arts and sciences contributed to corrupt or purify morals...
...blinding snow. The child was not any too warmly dressed to battle alone against such heavy odds: an old fur cap and a bright red scarf, over a short round-jacket; hands without mittens, that he kept in his pockets as well as he could. The boy made slow progress, being beaten back by sudden gusts of wind and snow; slowly gaining after each rebuff of this sort, he at last reached the store. His hands were by this time so benumbed that he could not turn the doorknob; so he stood outside and looked through the glass into...
...even two-hour courses one readily becomes accustomed, but it is difficult to get in harmony with a course which comes once in seven days, at an hour of its own, and is then dismissed from the thoughts for another week. The continuity of interest necessary to much progress in a study is, moreover, sadly wanting in these courses, and there can be but few who contemplate with the same satisfaction the portion of their time given to a one-hour study and that devoted to a three-hour course. In addition to the certainty that, for the reasons...
...what excuse is there for retrogression? Progress was anticipated, and has failed to be noted. And now the required work is to be thrown aside (for an attempt to do so is making) without a particle of sound reason for it. When Latin and Greek and Mathematics are ready to quit their claims to the position of required studies, then will it be time for English to withdraw, and not till then; then will it be right, and not till then. The time, indeed, has come for a decisive policy. Half-way measures have been tried and have failed. Therefore...
...glad to hear that in addition to the pictures of the various athletes who have represented Harvard in the past, the meeting-room in the new Gymnasium will also contain a record of our College's progress in track athletics, in the shape of tablets similar in style to those now in the rowing-room, commemorating the different class races. A separate tablet will be devoted to each event, and at the head of the list will be the first record made at Harvard at the game; and the record of every time it has since been improved...