Word: progressivity
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...opinion of authorities on sociology, said Mr. Ramanathan, the nations of the west are progressive, while the nations of the east are stationary. One of the standards by which the advancement of nations is measured is industrial progress. By this standard the western nations are called progressive and the eastern nations stationary. But the east believes that effort for industrial progress should not be expended beyond a certain point. Industrial progress and spiritual progress should hold a sort of balance. If the goal of action is anything beside the satisfaction of the senses, then the progress of a people should...
Another standard by which the advancement of nations has been measured is scientific progress. The man of science investigates things material, and reports the manifestations of some of the brute forces of nature. This knowledge is used merely to make things that will increase bodily comfort, or will destroy enemies. So long as science does not teach us of the author of the uniformity of nature, it fails to develop character...
...progress of the Freshman team during the last week has been hard to guage as the coaching has been very elementary, owing to the changes in coaches. The present system of dividing the men into squads, each under the direct supervision of a coach has, however, checked the tendency to careless play...
...CRIMSON has arranged for a special wire from the West Point field, by which bulletins, announcing the progress of the play in tomorrow's game, will be telegraphed direct to the CRIMSON and announced in the Living Room of the Union. The bulletins will probably begin about 8 o'clock...
Trials for the University Chess Team are now in progress and will probably continue until the second week in November. A team of ten men will be chosen by competition in a series of two tournaments. The first of these tournaments has been begun and the twelve best men will qualify for the second tournament; six members of last year's team who were exempted from the first tournament will make a total of 18 men. These will be divided into three sections of six men each, ten of whom will form the University team to play Yale the night...