Word: progress
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...freshman crew is working hard from 3 to 6 o'clock daily. They are making rapid progress and are far ahead of all former freshman crews at this time in the year...
...days ago we spoke of the progress which is being made by the Banjo Club. Those who were present at the last Glee Club end Pierian concert will remember what a pleasant feature the members of the Banjo Club introduced into the programme of the evening, and will, no doubt, join us in hoping that the experiment may be repeated this year. There is one suggestion which we would make, however, and that is that the music should be of a lighter character than that chosen for last year's performance. Light, jiggy airs are far more appropriate...
...snow flurry of day before yesterday was so heavy at St. Paul's school, Concord, N. H., that a game of cricket, which was in progress, had to be postponed...
...blades than the American style, and the men in the waist of the boat were seated on the side, as in the English university crews, instead of directly over the keel. Both these experiments were abandoned nearly a month before the race, but they must have materially retarded the progress of the crew. Such experiments are necessary, and often prove beneficial to a crew, but to continue them, when of doubtful utility, to within almost three weeks of the race, suggested great lack of judgment. The whole course of this committee clearly showed their incompetency to direct the crew...
...annual meet of American Wheelmen is now in progress at Baltimore, Md. About 1500 delegates are present, representing clubs in all parts of the United States and Canada...