Word: progressivity
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...University Boathouse where the floats have been put in position. Vail and Wray coached several of the crews from the coxswains' seats. One of the floats at the Weld has already been put out and the others will probably be ready today. Work on the launch is now in progress and it will be put in commission early next week...
...Riddle gave many illustrations of the common errors in pronunciation and enunciation and in oratorical and the atrical delivery. While in subject-matter public speakers have broken loose from the conventional, in manner of speaking there has been very little progress. In the desire to be colloquial, speakers have become too familiar with their audiences and have failed to realize that careful training is requisite for simple, and convincingly effective public speaking...
...sublime poems, and by that act the speech of the Italy speech was glorified forever. As the father of modern literature, then, Dante may rightfully be called the leader of the long line of writers who furnish the surest revelation of the races which have achieved the progress of the world during the last five hundred years...
...three or four times a week. This will afford ample time for preparation for the concerts which will probably take place in April. At this early date it is impossible to make an accurate estimate of the available material of the three clubs. The Banjo Club has made rapid progress and shows marked promise of development due to the fact that a large percentage of its members are also playing with the University Club. The Mandolin Club, on the other hand, is heavily handicapped by the small amount of University club material which it contains. The number of men retained...
...daily practice of the Freshman crew squad has now been in progress since January 12, and so far the work has consisted entirely of machine rowing and exercises with the chest-weights under the direction of Vail and Wray. Some improvement in the general work of the men is apparent especially in the management of their slides and the position of their bodies, but all of the squads show a marked inability to keep in time with stroke. At present there are only about forty men in the squad, but it is expected that more good material will report...