Word: forwards
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...their lives as Seniors, she playfully mentioned that Miss -- tried to secure the election to Beta Kappa Phi, over Miss X., by wearing the most graceful Parisian costumes, and at this point her sage remarks on the frivolity of dress were both apt and original. In conclusion, she looked forward expectantly to the day when the fair sex should exclude men from every post of honor and responsibility. "Kai yap" (she went on), "are not wives gifted with an extraordinary faculty of extracting secrets from their husbands?" (At this point some gentleman in the audience murmured, as if in pain...
...further abolition of prescribed studies in the Sophomore and Junior years shows that the Faculty are steadily and surely moving forward to a purely elective system, which will make Harvard a real University. The steps taken towards this system have now proceeded so far, that to go on is an absolute necessity. But in order that there may be no need of taking any steps backward, the Faculty wisely "make haste slowly" in their reform. For this reason we have no fault to find that all the courses for the Freshman year are still prescribed. The reform will reach this...
...student eagerly steps forward. "If he were only in Matthews, now," says he, "he could get down on all fours, crawl through the entry, break in two doors, and so reach the fire-escape...
...architect of Sever Hall has recovered his health, and work will now be pushed forward as quickly as possible...
...Does this definition describe the conditions under which our scholarships are given? No, their acquisition means work, hard work, both during and after college life, and their influence is to increase a man's natural desire to work by throwing upon him an obligation to do his utmost to forward the cause which he is chosen to assist. The list of those who have received scholarships is a roll of honor. The successful ones are the men who have overcome sharp competition by force of superior ability; they are men in whom have been found parts and powers worthy...