Word: progressivity
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...immediately attracted by the huge grand stand on the New London side of the river, which is built directly opposite the finish of the course. As only the end of the race can be seen from the stand, various methods are employed to keep the spectators informed about the progress of races from the very start. In the first place, there is a little telegraph office adjoining, through which a constant communication is kept up between the start and each separate half mile flag, and these messages are posted directly in front of the grand stand on huge blackboards erected...
...publish in another column the announcement that Columbia will hereafter admit women to the School of Arts upon the same footing with men. This is a step toward progress, if we may judge from the high success which has been attained in similar actions by other universities. We need not refer to the work at present done by women at the Boston University and the university of Michigan. Sufficient proof that women can compete successfully with men upon a collegiate basis is found in a comparison of the work done by men and by women at those universities. Few will...
...Observations are also desired at regular intervals from noon to six p.m. on certain days, whether a thunderstorm is in progress or not. These days will be called Term-days; they will be appointed one and a half to two days in advance by special message from the Chief Signal Officer in Washington, and will be announced to the public by telegraphic reports to all newspapers of the New England Associated Press. They will be days on which thunder-storms are expected. Most of the important newspapers have agreed to print these Term-day announcements...
...followed in rapid succession, and the college has now ample opportunity for retrospect. The faculty of late years have shown a spirit of liberal action in their treatment of the students, and the students have responded in a manly spirit. But on Tuesday a severe blow was dealt to progress at Harvard. The undergraduates have been given one more privilege, and this time they have been found wanting. Hereafter the faculty we fear will remember the mistake which has been made, and curtail further advance toward student government...
...intercourse, and form a pleasant and profitable feature of the club. The subjects of conversation are of course largely classical, although there are no set topics for discussion. The free and cordial way in which students and instructors mingle with one another is a proof, not only of the progress which has made a university out of a college, but also of the effect of the elective system in establishing a community of interest between instructors and students. The student's familiarity with the professor can hardly fail to stimulate his enthusiasm in his chosen field of work...