Word: forwardness
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...club is not a private one, but one formed to forward the art of photography in the University...
...second winter meeting, held on Saturday, was marked by one of the poorest as well as one of the best sparring bouts held in the gymnasium this year. The Athletic Association is always ready to urge new men to come forward, and it offers every means in its power by which the standard of indoor and outdoor athletics may be raised. An exhibition, however, like the first one in sparring on Saturday, which was devoid of every appearance of the slightest scientific excellence, cannot help but have an effect opposed to the purposes for which the meetings are held...
...given sign did not always represent the same sound nor the same idea. One could read the shorter Babylonian inscriptions without knowing how to pronounce a single sign. By degrees it was seen that the various signs were syllables and not letters. From this discovery the work went rapidly forward. In 1857 so much had been written on the subject that the Royal Asiatic Society of London appointed a committee of scholars to test the accuracy of the translations. The committee submitted to Rawlinson, Hinch, and Fox Talbot copies of a long passage of writting from...
...such a society is to be formed, let it by all means be formed immediately, so that everything may be ready for use after the spring vacation. Whoever the writer of the communication may be, let him not be restrained by false modesty, but let him come forward and take the first steps towards forming a society which will prove welcome to all amateur photographers...
Some members of the Yale faculty have taken a prominent part in a project which has been recently brought forward for the purpose of extending the advantages of a college education to some who have not heretofore been able to enjoy them. President Dwight has been elected president of the committee, and many of the professors have signified their willingness to assist in the undertaking. The scheme is much similar to that adopted in English Universities. Bodies of students will meet together and study certain subjects, and the professors will deliver lectures at intervals. Examinations will be held and diplomas...