Word: progress
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...sublime poems, and by that act the speech of the Italy speech was glorified forever. As the father of modern literature, then, Dante may rightfully be called the leader of the long line of writers who furnish the surest revelation of the races which have achieved the progress of the world during the last five hundred years...
...three or four times a week. This will afford ample time for preparation for the concerts which will probably take place in April. At this early date it is impossible to make an accurate estimate of the available material of the three clubs. The Banjo Club has made rapid progress and shows marked promise of development due to the fact that a large percentage of its members are also playing with the University Club. The Mandolin Club, on the other hand, is heavily handicapped by the small amount of University club material which it contains. The number of men retained...
...daily practice of the Freshman crew squad has now been in progress since January 12, and so far the work has consisted entirely of machine rowing and exercises with the chest-weights under the direction of Vail and Wray. Some improvement in the general work of the men is apparent especially in the management of their slides and the position of their bodies, but all of the squads show a marked inability to keep in time with stroke. At present there are only about forty men in the squad, but it is expected that more good material will report...
...spoke last night in Brooks House at the meeting of the Religious Union on "Religion from the Point of View of the Student of Sociology." He discussed at length the function of religion in social development, maintaining that religion as a moral and conservative force is an aid to progress Science and religion, he said, sprang originally from the same sources in human nature, the desire to know, and the desire to find the hidden causes of things. The wonder excited by the contemplation of the unexplainable realities of experience, the belief in an eternal source of energy and life...
...National Whist Association has offered a silver cup to be competed for in an intercollegiate whist tournament this winter. If plans now in progress are matured the tournament will be made an annual feature, and the cup which has been offered will become the permanent possession of the college winning it five times. Invitations to enter the tournament will be sent to Harvard, Princeton, Yale, Columbia, Pennsylvania, Cornell, and Brown. The first tournament will be held in the rooms of the New York Whist Club in March...