Word: progressively
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Harvard is a small world in itself. The only way any man can make progress in any world is by going after it, and going after it early...
...Faculty, assisted by a student secretary which he selects from the members; and the time and place of meeting is decided by each group. At the meetings questions of national and international importance are discussed, affording an excellent opportunity for students to keep in touch with world progress. The group leaders are chosen from different departments of the University, so that each student may discuss the questions which are of most interest...
...special session for men returning from the service, the work for the remaining year being divided into two terms. The first of these will last from January 27 to May 10, the second from May 12 to August 30. In addition to the year's work now in progress the School offers this year a special program of first and second-year courses. For these courses the entrance requirements of a degree from an approved college or scientific school will be modified so as to admit men who were entitled to senior rank at the beginning of the academic year...
Aeronautics has made wonderful progress during the War and will become one of the great sciences of the future. Perhaps it will not be many years before we see regular aero passenger lines running between the big centres of industry throughout the country. Already a limited mail service has been established. In a short time the Atlantic Ocean will undoubtedly be crossed by a heavier-than-air machine. All kinds of possible uses of the airplane suggest themselves...
Stimulating the interest of college men in flying will help make the progress of aeronautics gain further impetus. It was the fastening of attention on flying by college men during the War that accounts largely for its remarkable advance. There is no more practical way in which the University can help the Government and the country as a whole than by turning out a trained body of aeronauts. In case of another war, they would be of immense value to the Government; and, in time of peace, they would create a nation-wide interest in a very fascinating...