Word: progress
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Negotiations are in progress at the Madison Square Theatre for securing Mr. George Riddle as a member for the season...
...such a change are stronger than any arguments on the other side. The apprehensions, every year, of one class or another that its chances will be greatly improved by one week more of practice for its crew exaggerates the benefit that can thus be derived. Moreover, the marked progress always made by a progressing crew in the last week is due to the nearness of the race. It would be as marked if the race came earlier; the week lost would be found to be one of the earlier ones in which little was done. On the other hand...
...readiness in endowing an institution of this sort than one where the whole government is kept a close secret. And the fact that Harvard is demanding more money is no indication of weakness, but, on the contrary, to quote the Advertiser, this demand is "but a gauge of its progress and an indication of its healthy expansion...
...progress of the Divinity School is described. As to its unsectarian character the report says...
...objects which the university had in view in organizing the new department of Veterinary Medicine are briefly these: To train year by year a few competent and trustworthy practitioners; and to contribute to the progress of a branch of science which deals with many questions of public health and with great pecuniary interests...