Word: progressing
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...this universe has taken fast hold upon thinking men. Especially is this the case as to the life of man as man upon our planet. While a quiet evolution is easily seen in laws and political institutions, a more violent process is no less evident. So far the progress of man has been, far more than we could have wished, by catastrophies...
...Mandolin Club is rehearsing regularly and making excellent progress. Three pieces are at present being played...
...these events. The chief reason for this poor showing is to be found in the small number of men who have come out. Many men who are physically fitted to do good work in the weights begin training with the squad and, merely because they do not make rapid progress at first, soon drop out and leave the team to make its usual poor showing in the hammer and shot...
Rossiter Johnson, Ph. D., of New York, "The Progress of Invention...
...success of the Fishermen's Reading Room, conducted by the Sailor Mission branch of the Christian Association, marks another step in the progress of Harvard's practical philanthropy. That the undertaking has been a thorough success the large daily attendance of seafaring men shows. But that it might be made more attractive to sailors and so be made still more successful, the experience of its promoters shows; and they have decided to put on file in the room a number of periodicals. To the payment of the subscription prices for these periodicals students are asked to contribute. We hope...