Word: progressivity
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...series of games between the schools, Andover has now won 11, and Exeter 8. Though at times brilliant, as when Lasley after a double pass swept by Andover's end for thirty-five yards, the playing was uninteresting, and the continual delays from injuries made the progress of the game rather slow. Andover was outplayed in every respect and gained by straight football less than sixty yards in the whole game. Andover's line was slow in defense and could not stop the straight line bucking plays that Exeter adopted throughout the game. Exeter tried but three end plays...
...follows: "Since the Democratic party has absolutely thrown away the low tariff position which such leaders as Cleveland, Carlisle, Wilson, and Russell won for it, the reciprocity doctrine of the Republican party seems to afford the best immediate opportunity for liberal legislation; although it must be confessed that progress towards world-wide trade is more likely to come through the logic of events than than through legislation--that is, through the increasing superiority of American industries and the manifest insufficiency of the home market." The other passage, concluding the paragraph, modifies the assertion concerning Republican capitalists...
...late that it is a trait which cannot be extemporized. It must be made a part of our nature if we are to possess it at all. This joy of unselfishness is perhaps the greatest blessing given by God; and through its means we may be sure that steady progress will always continue in the world...
...Bulletin will appeal, as before, to those graduates of Harvard who wish to keep more or less constantly informed of current University events, who wish authoritative news of the progress of the various athletic interests, and who will find in the paper a convenient medium for notices and for interchanges of graduate opinion...
...period in camp. The ground was divided up among three imaginary railroads and a company of men assigned to each. For each party a captain was appointed who assumed the responsibility for the instruments used in the day's work, and who made daily reports of the progress of his section. Each railroad or section was assigned two miles of country for its track. This was first surveyed and the field notes marked on a map. After estimating the cost of the best route the party went into the field again to locate and slope-stake the road...