Word: progressiveness
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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Rehearsals for "The Silent Woman," the Ben Johnson comedy which the Harvard chapter of Delta Upsilon will this year revive, have been in progress during the last three weeks. Under the direction of Mr. A. S. Hills, instructor in public speaking the production is rapidly assuming a finished form...
Since the beginning of the season the progress of the University team has been retarded by the individual playing of the forwards but during the past month the team work has been decidedly improved. The passing, however, is still erratic and the men are inclined to fumble the ball at critical moments. Against a team which relies on passing and team work, as does Yale, this tendency to ragged play is a severe handicap. Lately the development of team play has been slow on account of injuries to Snyder, Griffith and Murray, who have been unable to play...
...happened to spend the autumn of 1893 in Oxford; and there was no afternoon, unless it rained, when a dozen or so of these games were not in progress between the different colleges. And it was a treat to go from field to field and watch them. Nor was this the only game in vogue. There were as many games of Rugby, for each college has a team in each or tries to have. This, too, is a game in which men who are light upon their feet and have not a quarter of a ton of beef and brawn...
...present time the forwards, although heavy men and fast skaters, have developed little team work. Fairly good progress was made until about a week ago when MacLeod was put on probation and forced to leave the squad. The principal fault is their failure to follow back and to aid the defence after losing the puck. The defence, though weak early in the season, has improved greatly and is now fairly satisfactory...
Customary winter overhauling of the two launches, the "Veritas" and the "John Harvard," is in progress, and the rowing machines and tank have been cleaned and put in order for the beginning of winter work. At the Weld boat-house, a larger boiler has been installed to increase the efficiency of the heating plant...