Word: progressing
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...MacKenzie who will give the lecture this year was a professor at the Chicago Theological Seminary from 1895 to 1903. Since 1903 he has been president of the Hartford Seminary and professor of Systematic Theology. He has written several important books on theological subjects including "Christianity and the Progress of Man," "The Final Faith," and "Christian Ethics in the World War." He has also written several books about missionary work in South Africa where he was born, the son of a missionary. He is a constant contributor to religious and philosophical periodicals...
...Progress, though slight, is definitely being made. The average rate of the pulse has diminished, and it is less easily disturbed by outside influences. In weighing the significance of these facts it must not be forgotten that there is still difficulty in feeding, wasting and exhaustion, and that these cannot be overcome without a long effort, especially the exhaustion produced by the gallant and extended struggle for life?an element that throughout the case has given the greatest anxiety...
...gain inherent in the keeping of the name of Harvard before the public mind in association with educational progress is apparent. To achieve this gain it is essential that Harvard news appear in the columns of the daily press. It is infinitely to be preferred that this news be collected and distributed by Harvard officials than that it be allowed to leak out through any of the numerous channels that lead from a complex organization. Official preparation of the news for the press by an authority in whom is vested sole responsibility for publicity would eliminate at the source those...
...virtue, each year, of collecting all the stray bits that are the University and fusing them for a moment into a unity for presentation. Side by side with a discussion of the House plan, the reading periods, and other topics of the College, one may find a revelation of progress in the Medical or Dental School; plans for work in a South African astronomical observatory follow those for extension of a system of research professorships in law. An Athletic program and a list of changes in degree requirements in the School of Education find their places in what seems more...
...gifts to the universities of the country for building, research and other purposes, less spectacular needs are apt to be overlooked. The recognition of the importance of securing financial security for the class that is notoriously one of the poorest paid is welcome to all those interested in the progress of American education. Any steps towards building up this weakest link in the system as it stands today are valuable, and Yale is to be congratulated on having instituted such a valuable endowment. It comes after a series of salary raises, and should help carry on the progress they have...