Word: progressively
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...usually the older generation which holds firm in well-grooved paths the car of progress; it is the younger men who supply much of the energy and who usually point out the new directions in which progress may move. With proper flexibility and sane guidance both perform a highly valuable function in civilization. But when conservatism becomes reactionary, and when radicalism becomes flighty, the car is in danger of losing its balance...
...there is to be any enduring progress, it is imperative that younger men do not lose their originality, and enthusiasm for new ideas. In an institution such as this, where the stuff of life is thought, such intellectual relapses and stagnation are least excusable. Nevertheless, the University is situated in one of the few localities in this country in which a newspaper can advise its readers to be content to peg along in the world...
...achievement and scholarly promise have been the basis of election, and a conscientious attempt has been made to do justice to every eligible name. In determining the elections, scholarship grades alone have not been the ultimate grounds for decision; the difficulty of the courses taken and the student's progress throughout his college career have also, received due consideration. The names of the successful candidates are arranged below alphabetically, and not according to order to election...
...victory over M. A. C. The same well-known policy proved lucrative in the next game, in which Carlisle was sent home with a 29 to 7 defeat. Two of the University's four touchdowns came as a result of that policy, and it is significant of the slow progress being made at that time that the Indians more than doubly out-rushed the Crimson, and gained more than twice as many first downs. Taylor, at centre, standing out as the mainstay of a line still weak on defense, put up a game in this contest which insured...
...dates to contests which will build up the team and not retard it. Special preparations for "minor" games, made necessary by the fact that the "minor" teams have been working simply with the Harvard game in view, undoubtedly serve as stumbling blocks in the path of the eleven's progress, and another year will probably see a more natural arrangement of the schedule for the University football team