Word: progressive
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Progress of Science," Samuel Peacock, George F. Becker, S. E. Tilman, C. A. Young, A. E. Dolbear...
...steam-workers, who have caused all the unfortunate delay, will be through on Saturday, but the wood-work and plumbing are still in a backward state and must necessarily progress slowly...
...meeting of the Harvard Memorial Society was held Tuesday night in 10 Holworthy. The following honorary members were elected: Oliver Wendell Holmes '61, and Joseph B. Warner '69. James A. Noyes '83, editor of the quinquennial catalogue, was elected an active member. The various committees reported progress in their work and the meeting then became an informal one, the rest of the evening being devoted to reminiscences concerning the work of the society...
...dragged from the burning building. Two-thirds of the books and the magnificent painting, "School of Athens," which cost $40,000, were destroyed. The old chapel and the reading room, directly connecting the main room with the professors' and students' rooms, were blown down with dynamite to arrest the progress of the flames. The rotunda was that part of the building completed in Mr. Jefferson's day, and in which, in 1825, a reception was held at which Lafayette and other distinguished men assisted. The loss is estimated now at fully $200,000. The students have begun a movement...
...foreign diplomats sent to Japan, and his influence in the development of representative institutions there is recognized by none more than by the Japanese themselves. Dr. Griffis's book not only contains many interesting extracts from Harris's jounal, telling of his life in Japan and of the progress of his diplomatic labors, but also gives an excellent idea of the political situation in Japan from Harris's time to the present...