Word: backward
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...difficult to see how this plan can be called "a cautious experiment." A sudden reversal of the traditions of the college, even though the backward movement were very slight at first could be no mere experiment. It would be a step on an entirely new road, and one which it would be almost impossible to retrace. It would also inaugurate a new and most dangerous policy, for the college is now asked for the first time to cut off a part of its best education to regain time which has been worse than wasted in the lower schools, while there...
...Five mile race, open; 2 Two mile. open; 3. 220 yards. open; 4. One-half mile backward, open; 5. One mile Mass chusetts championship; 6. Hurdle race, New England only: 7. Potato race, open to boys under 20 years old; 8. Boys' race, open to all under 15 years old; 9. Figure skating contest...
...them have stood the test. There were plenty of men ready with speeches and votes to commit the body of students to a policy of refraining from action against the culprits. It is for them to show that the step taken at the second meeting was not a step backward. It is for them to prove by immediate and liberal contributions that they have some sincere feeling, and that their indignation did not evaporate in words-words which are so easy to utter and mean so little...
...Robert Collyer of New York spoke last night on a text from Isaiah 38: viii.- "Behold, I will bring again the shadow of the degrees which is gone down in the sun dial of Ahaz ten degrees backward." Hezekiah, king of Israel was very sick and being warned by Isaiah that he was going to die prayed to the Lord for his life. He recovered. He had thought all his work was done, his sun had almost set; when suddenly the shadow on the dial began to creep backward, he regained a portion of his youthful strength and he finds...
...class tug-of-war work now being done, matters seem to be moving along but slowly with all four teams, and the seniors especially have been backward in bringing out good men. What all the classes really need is an infinite amount more of energy put into the work. Tug-of-war may not be the best kind of sport, but now that the classes have determined to have contests, they must show far more life than they have displayed...