Word: forwardness
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...these men played half backs but were not successful in catching or kicking. Their rushing, however, was without exception excellent. Why cannot these men be brought into the rush line? Would it not be a good plan to appoint a committee of three to induce men to come forward...
Today the elective system of study which has been gradually developing at Harvard, during the past forty years, and especially since 1867, takes another great step forward. The incoming Freshmen Class is privileged beyond any class which has preceded it. For them the scheme of studies for freshman year, hitherto entirely compulsory, has been made mostly optional, the amount only being fixed; and Harvard becomes even nearer than before a real university. The plan which is subject to some slight changes as necessity and experience determine is here described in full...
...mile the crews remained even and the excitement among the spectators was intense. Then slowly by but surely Yale began to draw ahead so that when the first mile flag was passed they had a lead of somewhat less then a length. But already Harvard was pushing forward and Perkins and his gallant crew steadily forced the bow of their shell forward so fast that at a mile and a half from the start they were ahead and still gaining. It was then the turn of the Harvard supporters to give vent to their enthusiasm, which they...
...requirements in which he has not yet passed. The advantages of such a system would be two fold. In the first place, it would be better for the boy; he would have so much off his mind and could give undivided attention to his other studies, instead of looking forward to an examination embracing the work of three or four years; he would be examined at the end of each year in the studies of the preceding twelve-month. The effect would be stimulating to the preparatory students, and would make the work of their teachers lighter and more satisfactory...
...determined, if possible, to put an end to any such exhibitions of processions as the spectators have been obliged to witness for the last two years. The confidence in our crew, however, is too well founded to be shaken by mere reports, and the college confidently looks forward to another victory over Columbia today, to be repeated when the Crimson and the Blue again measure blades on the Thames...