Word: progressively
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...groups, the suppression of the Carbonari in Italy for the same reason, while his counsel was sought when students rioted, soldiers mutinied, princes conspired. To conservative historians he has been known as the most accomplished defender of the principle of divine right; to liberals he appeared the archenemy of progress, democracy and the rights of man. To his most recent biographer, however, these are among the lesser distinctions of Clement Wenceslas Lothaire Nepomucene Metternich, ranking little higher than his fabulous wit, his great personal charm, his ability to work without seeming to do so. Although Metternich never mentioned...
With 12,000 persons participating in the Tercentenary exercises this morning, Harvard commenced the fourth century of her existence, ready to displace "educational chaos" with order and to promote progress through freedom of discussion...
...this moment of hilarity and self-congratulation over three centuries of progress, Harvard can scarcely overlook the gratitude displayed by her alumni. The great majority of Harvard graduates feel, and rightly, too, that they have gained far more than they have given the University. As time passes, each alumnus sees more clearly that four years was a small portion of his life to pay for the experience which he obtained at Cambridge...
...significant that the final impetus in Harvard's steady progress toward a position in the vanguard of world education has come during the short life of the Associated Harvard Clubs. The work of this group of interested alumni is characterized not only by generous contributions, but by the wise direction of these funds into useful channels. Typical are the Lionel de Jersey scholarship at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, and the appointment of an athletic director some years...
Harvard can celebrate her three-hundredth birthday only as the world of learning celebrates the contributions she has made to human progress. The prophets who foretell the eclipse of Harvard are blinded by the physical aspects of the occasion. The key to the future is the same one Harvard has used for the past three centuries. It is expressed in the simple command of President Conant: "We must plan for the future in terms...