Word: forward
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...conserving fuel. At the time it was rejected as being inexpedient and as of little practical value. Daylight-saving during the winter has met with little favor. The plan now adopted, however, provides for a need which has long been felt in this country. In Europe, moving the clock forward during the summer months has been put to practical effect, and its efficiency has thoroughly been demonstrated...
...Perhaps we may be proud of this registration, reflecting that after offering to the service of the country substantially every able-bodied man in the School, maintaining entrance requirements intact and rejecting for deficiency in scholarship the normal percentage of those examined last year, the School is still going forward with a select student body amply sufficient to maintain its best traditions...
Tonight a plan will be brought forward which deserves the hearty support of all those sincere in the desire of doing their part. A mass meeting with President Lowell, Dean Yeomans and Mr. B. Preston Clark speaking is not an ordinary event. These men and the professors who will lead discussion groups can give up their time because this plan will make undergraduates more fit to serve their nation...
...baseball season at the University took a forward step yesterday when both University and Freshman teams lined up for the first time this season in two three-inning games. Each nine played its respective second team. In spite of the difficulties which the cage presents, both engagements were fast, and the batting ability which the majority of the men displayed was unusual for so early a date...
...navies give us a prospect of a decrease in sinkings, and the Shipping Board of an increase in tonnage. We can look forward with hope to the gradual eradication of the U-boats' usefulness. As yet, however, it is a hope and far from a reality...