Word: progressivity
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...little too early to make a forecast of the winner, but it is generally agreed that the race will be as close and exciting as was that of last year. The crews have now been on the water for nearly a month, and during this time rapid progress has been made in the style and form of rowing, individually and collectively. The candidates for the freshman crew have used to great advantage the week set apart for the spring vacation in getting ready for their race with Columbia. The '89 crew has been the greatest loser in men who have...
...situation in the heart of the city of New York gives her an opportunity to attract to herself many eminent men, and for this she is to be envied. This is an advantage which Harvard does not possess, and probably never will attain, for the course of the progress of the United States is, like that of all other countries, westward, and New England must expect to lose slowly but surely her present position of importance. New York, however, will always be a great terminus, at least she will be on the line of travel between Europe and the great...
...chess tournament is now in progress among the players of Columbia...
Chas. Doxon of the Onondagee tribe, a student of the school, spoke next. The want of progress of the Indians, the speaker thought, was due to the separation and insolation of the Indian tribes. What is needed is that the whites should settle in their midst; show them that there is no hard and defined boundary between the whites and the Indians. He said in conclusion that if a bond of sympathy is once established the progress of the Indians is assured. The Hampton Quartette rendered some very sweet negro melodies. They sang as an encore the favorite...
...Institute spoke interestingly on the purpose and result of the course of training employed at the Hampton Institute. The first thing that is impressed on the mind of the student is that manual labor is honorable. Yet in spite of the time spent in manual toil, the progress made by the students has been shown to be greater than any of the schools in the South where time is devoted to study alone...