Word: headway
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...class campaign to complete Boston's portion of the Harvard endowment fund is now under full headway. Much work is being done by personal solicitation as well as by letter. The local committee is confident that the full amount can be raised, but it frankly admits that the undertaking is one of considerable magnitude...
...experienced and more powerful University team had little trouble in smashing through the Colby line to a 35-0 score on October 11. Colby fought hard, but could make no headway against the Crimson men. The most notable part of the contest from the Harvard view-point was the successful completion of all of the five attempted forward passes. The University players showed more ability and power in opening holes in the line, but exhibited poor interference in the open field. No brilliant plays were made although Casey, F. C. Church '20, R. S. Humphrey '21, and A. D. Hamilton...
...Dartmouth football squad contains only one veteran, and its time for practice is limited to one hour a day by war regulations, but nevertheless, it is making good headway and opened its season successfully by defeating Norwich University 22 to 0 a week ago last Saturday. Dartmouth has also scheduled games with Syracuse, at Spring-field, Mass., on November 2; Pennsylvania University, at Philadelphia, on November 9; Middlebury, at Hanover, on November 16; and Brown, on Braves Field or Fenway Park, Boston, on November 23. The game with Pennsylvania may possibly be shifted to Thanksgiving...
...trend of modern social evolution has experienced a great change in the last generation. The laissez-faire doctrine and the highly developed individualism of 30 years ago have given way to a new conception of society. Already gaining headway before the war, it has now expanded into the greatest force in human relations. There is no more certain sign on earth than the modern tendency toward a more communistic and socialistic organization of every nation's life...
...convenient a means evading and half-heartedly accomplishing tasks which they are called upon to perform. "These are war-times, you know, and present demands make it impossible for me to do this," is the common attitude. The fallacy of lack of time has gained great headway among our student body and has come to permeate the daily experience...