Word: progressivity
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...Varsity crew spent the whole vacation at work, rowing. The weather has been very bad, all but two days, so as to interfere seriously with the rapid improvment of the rowing. However, it seems as though some progress has been made, but it is much less than was hoped for, before the recess. Saturday, the wind and water were so bad, that the crew did not row in the afternoon. Again, Monday, the conditions were bad, but the crew went out, and got some exercise, even if they did not learn anything in rowing...
...last issue of the Illustrated American contains a long article on "Yale's Progress...
...life character, and the secrets in the development of our moral life. For the sake of clearer knowledge, one is called upon to build up a physchology of the soul, a counterpart of metaphysics and theology. The two must be kept apart; it is the mixing that prevents progress. The question still entertained, is still one without an answer, is there a science of ethics...
...although they differ among themselves, any one will serve Carlyle or Emerson, Ruskin or Browning. It is not of much importance how one arrives in the "Kingdom of Literature," so long as one is there. Literature should be subservient to life. It is the highest outcome of the progress...
Rule 7. Each competitor shall be entitled to the assistance of one second only, and no advice or coaching shall be given to any competitor by his second or by any other person during the progress of any round...