Word: progress
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...variations in artistic handling. The Judgment of Paris was also a favorite subject in every period, although the art-types were very different in the archaic age from those of later times. The series of stereopticon views used to illustrate this incident gave a good idea of the artistic progress of the vase-makers, beginning with the stiff and conventional figures of the early vases and continuing down to the time when landscape and a background were introduced. The abduction of Helen by Paris was a fruitful theme which gave rise to several beautiful representations. Pictures of some...
...lightness and durability, would excite our wonder even without the pictures with which they are decorated. The Greek artist was above all a craftsman, and delighted in showing his skill on household vessels. By means of the 20,000 or more specimens which we possess, we can trace the progress of art from the stiff archaic types up to the highest perfection. There are two color schemes: the earlier consisted of black figures on the red surface of the vase, and later, the vase was covered with a black glaze upon which the figures were incised so that the lines...
...philosophy of evolution concerns a question of progress. What we wish is that Darwinism shall account not merely of the survival of the fittest, but also for the arrival of the fittest, and that it has not given us yet. Asa Gray said years ago that the survival of the fittest did not explain that inscrutable something which causes the fittest to appear. We are all here to demand loyalty to the self-evident truths on which science rests. The unsearchable wisdom of God in the source of all forms. It is safest for you to look to Germany...
...annual statement of the Sheffield Scientific School for 1887-8 has just appeared. It is an interesting pamphlet of about sixty pages and shows clearly the progress of the school. The number of students has increased from 279 to 282, the gain being in the undergraduate department, the number of specials and post-graduates remaining about the same. The circular of the graduate department is more extended, showing a steady growth, and the list of laboratories, collections, etc., shows what means are placed at the disposal of students in chemistry, zoology and engineering. At the close of the volume...
...little can be said of the progress of the various athletic teams. The candidates for the various crews are beginning to work well together and the relative abilities of the men are becoming apparent. It is probable that the end of the month will see a material reduction in the number of would-be oarsmen. The Mott Haven team is in active training in the gymnasium, and it is expected that the men will be much benefited by courtesting with the athletes from other colleges who have entered for the winter games which will be held next month...