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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Under the "reform" which is suggested, the specialist is triumphed over by the superficialist, which is exactly contrary to the tendency of modern progress...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: COMMUNICATIONS. | 2/11/1884 | See Source »

FEBRUARY 3. SUNDAY.Appleton Chapel. Rev. James M. Whiton, of Newark, N. J., 7.30 P. M. Subject: Progress the Law of Life...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: UNIVERSITY CALENDAR. | 2/4/1884 | See Source »

SENIOR FORENSICS.Third forensic, due on March 19. Subject: 1. Does the history of progress favor utilitarianism? 2. May virtuous acts be defined as those which tend to produce happiness? 3. "You cannot make men moral by Act of Parliament" (comment on this statement). 4. Should district and State boundaries be obliterated or ignored in the election of representatives and senators in the United States? 5. Compare Grant and Lee as military commanders...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: UNIVERSITY CALENDAR. | 2/4/1884 | See Source »

...left hand lies upon the hilt of his sword. The artist, Valantini, and the material used in its construction are all American. A heavy curtain hangs before the arch to hide the monument on occasions when the chapel is used for other than religious or commencement exercises. (Progress...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: WASHINGTON AND LEE UNIVERSITY. | 1/30/1884 | See Source »

...Progress says of college journalism: "The college papers experience no little difficulty in obtaining sufficient matter for publication, and some of them even offer prizes for best contributions. It is hard to see why this should be so. There can be no practice of more after use to college men than exercise in composition in the English language, and it is extraordinary that the majority of them do not try their hands at it. One would suppose that the college papers would have vastly more communications sent to them than they could possibly find room for, but the case...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 1/29/1884 | See Source »

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