Word: movement
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...would be altogether unsuitable for Minnesota. The two essential characteristics of a journalist in any place are the faculty of "knowing what you don't know," and the faculty of knowing what person to interview for news, this latter being largely a matter of intuition. In almost every public movement, whether religious, political, charitable or social; no matter under how long a list of vicepresident or members of committee it may be managed, there is always one person, who, alone, is able or willing to give information concerning...
Next year Harvard College will celebrate its two hundred and fiftieth anniversary. The authorities have been much perplexed as to the most fitting way in which this should be done; some have thought that a Greek play should be presented; others, principally the leaders in the present progressive educational movement, think that one of Shakspere's plays "set with ancient simplicity." would better conform to the spirit of the time. While this perplexity exists here at home, there is going on in a quiet, unassuming way, something which will do more to commemorate fittingly this great event than...
...movement is on foot to organize a lacrosse team at Williams...
Pres. Gilman of Johns Hopkins University has make a plea to the various colleges to consider a plan by which an inter-collegiate system of granting degrees may be adopted. Pres. Gilman has long been identified with the movement toward a gradual broadening of the curriculum of a college course, and the plan which he now puts forth is worthy of great consideration. Any radical movement which has long been needed is very likely to be carried to an excess if it is not restricted by some restraining influence. While it is of course granted that some change should...
...nines, which bids fair to surpass that in the class contests. Some very close playing has been shown by the contesting teams, and many men hitherto uninterested in base-ball have shown themselves to be excellent material for the class teams. This series of contests is an exceptionally wise movement on the part of the base-ball management, and it bids fair not only to place in the field many players who can at any moment be called upon to fill vacancies in the championship teams, but to arouse an interest in our 'Varsity nine which will...