Word: progress
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...chess tournament is now in progress at Columbia to decide the representatives for the intercollegiate tournment...
...class organizations. A short time ago freshmen with good voices were asked to try for the 'varsity glee club. Either from an inherent modesty or from pure laziness and selfishness, but very few freshmen paid any attention to the the appeal. Now a freshman banjo club is in progress of formation and the members of '92 still persist in refusing to bestir themselves. Class feeling and class pride, in so far as to equal if not excel the record of preceding classes, whether in athletics, literary work or musical or social organizations, seems to find little nourishment among the members...
...November number of Outing contains several interesting articles on out door life and sport. College men will take particular interest in "The Progress of Athletism," by C. Turner, which is an account of the growth of ath etics in the English universities. The announcement is made of a series of similar articles on athletics in the leading American colleges, beginning with Harvard, in the next number. There are also sketches of "Base Ball in Australia," by Harry Palmer, and "The New York Yacht Club Cruise of '88," is well illustrated...
...appropriated $80,000 from the permanent funds of the university for this purpose. The great increase in the number of student during the past few years has made the new building a necessity. This laboratory, will be begun at once and will be the fourth building which is in progress on the Cornell campus. The trustees on the Cornell campus. The trustees have also appropriated $40,000 to complete the engineering building. They have decided to name the physical laboratory Lincoln Hall...
During the progress of the inter-collegiate tennis tournament the dressing rooms used by the players were entered and money and jewelry amounting in value to $300 was stolen...