Word: progress
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Professor John Fiske delivered the third of his series of lectures on the early history of the southern colonies in Sanders Theatre last evening. Taking as his special topic "The Beginnings of a Commonwealth," he outlined in a graphic manner the early progress of the colony of Virginia...
During the game on Soldiers Field the progress of the Harvard-Pennsylvania and Yale-Princeton games will be bulletined on the patent Irwin score boards at the north end of the field. Special wires will be run to these boards and every play will be reproduced as it occurs in New York and Philadelphia...
...spectators of the Pennsylvania Indian game at Franklin Field, Philadelphia, Saturday, had the advantage of witnessing at the same time on a new patent board the progress of the Harvard-Princeton game at Cambridge. A special wire was established, so that the movements of the game were reproduced almost simultaneously with the actual plays...
This book is not intended for special students nor as an introduction to the study of French literature: Its avowed purpose is that of a companion, and possibly a guide, to the better appreciation and enjoyment of those authors who mark progress in the evolution of literary ideals since the Revolution. The intent is to give some hints and clews to books which are illustrative, whether as the results or the occasion, of altered standards of criticism and aesthetic principles. The author expresses his attitude toward literary criticism as follows: "No one can be more keenly aware than...
...crowding within the bounds of the field is done from intense interest in the game; but it none the less hinders the progress of the game, makes the work of both players and officials harder, and by interfering with the work of one team more than of the other, places it at an unfair disadvantage. Let the crowd this afternoon aid the elevens practically as well as by cheering, and show that it knows its own place and can keep...