Word: progressivity
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...conditions of the great growth of the Standard Oil Trust. The gist of his exposition may be given by quotations from the concluding pages of his essay. The Standard Oil Company, he says, raised itself to the dominant position by controlling the transportation of oil. The steps of its progress are clear. In the period from 1870 till 1874 it so availed itself of railway conditions and of its strategic situation that it secured considerable discriminations from the railroads which touched at Cleveland. During the same period, it organized a system of pipe-lines which, with several smaller systems, secured...
...inevitability of the growth of the Standard Oil Trust, the essay summarizes thus: "Given the railway and economic conditions, the progress of the Standard Oil Company is quite inevitable, since it showed at an early time bright promise of industrial efficiency. It readily acquired, after the fashion of the period, proportionate discrimination in freight rates; by getting control through discriminations of the means of transportation, it inevitably achieved monopoly...
...progress made on the Senior Class Book, which is to be published this year for the first time, has been very satisfactory, and the book will probably appear very shortly after June 1. It will contain in all about ten pages of outs. Histories of the various branches of college activities during the past four years written by prominent men in the class will be included. J. W. Hallowell will write the history of the track team, W. T. Reid of the baseball team, J. Lawrence, Jr., of the crew, E. P. Loud of the CRIMSON, and W. B. Wheelwright...
...Crescent Athletic Club of Brooklyn on Soldiers Field this afternoon at 3 o'clock. Last year Harvard was defeated by the Crescent team by a score of 15 to 0. Of last year's players on the Crescent team, eight will play in today's game. Though the progress of the Harvard team has been hindered by the weather, a fairly good showing may be expected, as seven of last year's team will be in the game...
Fosdick has only been out two weeks, but he is making rapid progress, and may develop into a good player...