Word: forwardness
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Complaints in regard to the English department have been varied enough in the past, and have been brought forward on all possible topics, but the article which we reprint on the first page to-day is a tribute to the efficiency of this department instead of being one of the said periodical complaints. Those who have criticised may learn something from the statements of this writer: He tells how, when Professor Hill first came to Cambridge, the English department was unworthy of its name of department, and if one sees mistakes and insufficiencies now, one ought to judge them...
...tenable, still less is it possible to deny the merits of the sliding seat. Hanlan could never have made the time he has without this Yankee notion. It is now frequently balanced on glass balls that permit it to move with the least possible friction as the oarsman stretches forward to grasp the water...
...government should supplement college instruction by administrative training. There is no danger that the demand shall not equal the supply. Men need not fear that training in statistical science will prove to be a wast. A statistican should not be an advocate. He should not thrust forward his preconceived notions...
...whole the crew are fairly well together, but are very rough in their blade work. Especial care must be taken not to rush forward on the recover; not to hang and to make the stroke smooth and long...
...they should consider that old proverb, "Whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing well," and should ponder over the fact that professionals not only play better ball, but play ball in a more gentlemanly way than most amateur clubs, they might at least be willing to bring forward the subject once more, and give an opportunity to the students who feel strongly in regard to the matter to present their view of the case that a fair discussion of the merits of the question...