Word: progress
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...people of the country do not want Mexico, which would mean years of guerilla fighting and worry. Neither do they want war. In the present imperfect state of civilization, however, war is at times a necessity; the progress of universal peace has been and will be infinitely slow. And when the United States is responsible not only for its own interests, but, through the Monroe Doctrine, for the interests of other nations among a people, disorganized and semi-barbarous, as the Mexicans, war may become inevitable. The Administration can afford a certain amount of ridicule from foreign state departments...
...college course. Their assistance will naturally be of indirect benefit to the student in his work in individual courses, but their main function will be to help the student and guide him in the kind of reading and study which will be most useful toward his general progress in this Division. The attitude of the tutor will be that of a friend rather than of a task-master, and students may consult him freely and informally concerning any phase of their work...
...game of the season with the Svea seconds, a Swedish team from Prospect Union, on Soldiers Field this afternoon at 3 o'clock. Due to the bad weather conditions early in the season, the Freshman team was not called out until three weeks ago, but since that time good progress has been made under the direction of Coach W. E. Quinby '14 and F. G. O'Neill '16. Practically all the men are inexperienced with the exception of Captain J. W. Feeney and W. Sturgis, who both played at Andover last year...
...unsettled conditions of the past week have greatly retarded the work of the University nine. Only a light fielding and batting practice has been held in the last two days. Nevertheless, the rapid progress of the squad since it has been outdoors has been so marked that a strong and well-balanced line-up is assured for today...
...United States has played a leading role in all the important steps taken. To an American, Frederick W. Holes, he gives the credit of having made "the most enduring single triumph of the nineteenth century," that of making possible the first Hague Conference by inducing reluctant Germany to participate. Progress has been made in arousing international interest, for whereas only 26 nations took part in the first Conference, the entire world was represented at the second, and the progress in legislation is well evidenced by the fact that the early reluctance of nations to enter into any binding treaties...