Word: progressive
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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This seemed to arouse the team, and they began to play with some life. Lake gained 25 yards when the ball was put in play. It was rapidly forced down towards Amherst's line until Harvard seemed about to score. Then some loose work stopped the progress and the ball had to be passed to Trafford for a try at a goal from the field. The try was a failure, and the ball went to Amherst. An exchange of punts resulted in a loss of ground for Amherst; with the ball near the line it was passed to Talcott...
Ninety has contributed no small share to the reform of the college during her course. May she carry with her the spirit of progress which has prevailed during her four years of college life, and make that spirit felt in the outside world. With the best wishes for her future success, the colbids farewell to Ninety...
...members of the base ball graduate advisory committee, also, the thanks of the university are due. This committee has shown so deep an interest in the progress of the nine that its members have acted personally as coaches. They have made it evident that the slipshod methods of the past two years are no longer in vogue at Harvard, but that an earnest endeavor to win has been infused into the nine and is making every man play his best. Under their influence the nine has improved steadily, and regained the confidence of the college; and base ball has taken...
...progress of commerce and civilization in the United States demands better and cheaper facilities for the rapid transmission of intelligence. Grant's annual message...
...Government ownership not only not beneficial but detrimental. (a) Great and dangerous increase of political patronage. (b) Depressing to progress. Mills, p. 540. Princeton Review...