Word: progressive
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Hale of Boston conducted the services at Appleton Chapel yesterday afternoon. The speaker after reading a portion of the gospel of St. John made a short address especially for students of history and philosophy. He said he wished to impress upon these men in particular, the lesson of eternal progress and improvement of mankind; in which improvement the working together of all persons is an essential quality. For by this working together we make ourselves partakers of the divine life...
...gymnasium. The drill has been entirely on the elementary principles of using the bodies and slides. From this time on there will be more attention paid to the finer points of body-work and watermanship. Since the speed of a crew depends on its mastery of details, the progress of it can best be judged by the speed and thoroughness with which every man acquires these fine points. Good time is a difficult thing absolutely necessary to a fast crew; in the present crew the time has been poor for the last week. Some men go back...
...officers of the Glee club in yesterday's CRIMSON that the charges with regard to the Arlington concert were "indefinite and absurd," and their expression of surprise at learning "the subsequent dissatisfaction of the audience as no such disapproval was made manifest while the concert was in progress" make it necessary to add a word on this subject...
...club labored under the disadvantage of having no piano). The second concert at Arlington, was, it is true, below par, but by no means "disgraceful." We are surprised to hear the subsequent dissatisfaction of the audience as no such disapproval was made manifest while the concert was in progress. Finally anyone who heard the club sing on Friday evening must concede that the hearty applause which it received was well merited...
...city because (1) its growth is contemporaneous with the growth of the country (2) the pursuits of its inhabitants are most varied (3) it is most cosmopolitan. It is therefore the real capital of American interests. Forum, February, 1890. Betts, The Causes of the prosperity of New York. King. Progress of the city of New York...