Word: progress
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1880-1889
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...entirely deserted by the students for several weeks to come, not till the university and freshman crews have taken their last row on the Charles and are on the way to New London. The staunch supporters of boating and all those at all interested in the progress of these crews henceforward ought to make as frequent trips as possible to the boat-house, on pleasant afternoons, and lend encouragement by their presence there...
...hope that this summary of Yale's work will help our freshmen to renew their energies on the ball field. Nor should the nine work alone. All the freshmen interested in their progress and ultimate success should spare as much time as possible to go out on Jarvis and watch their classmates at work. Encouragement is what is wanted, and it can be given in no better way than by watching the nine practice. Each player is more likely to do better and play sharper if he knows that he is watched by the critical eyes of a number...
...would suggest that the proper authorities do something to check the outrageous crying and shouting of the mob of small boys which lines the edges of Jarvis whenever a game is in progress. This nuisance was particularily noticeable on Saturday last, and several complaints have been made concerning it. If the policemen would exercise themselves a little more to keep order, it would certainly make a marvelous change, and might even prove ab effectual check to any repetition of this time-honored offense...
...were in racing condition two weeks ago, at the time of their race with the university crew. Since then, the other crews have also made rapid improvement, so that no one crew can be called the decided favorite today. The general opinion among those who have watched the progress of the crews is that the three upper-class crews will make a dash and a hard struggle for the lead in the beginning; that the race, especially the first half of it, will be exceedingly close between the seniors and juniors, but that the sophomores may possibly distance both...
...beginning of Moscow by its desperate inhabitants after its capture in 1812 by Napoleon, checked the progress of the university somewhat ; the museums and all the buildings fell a prey to that disastrous conflagration. Soon, however, the losses were made good, and the university regained its former prestige...