Word: progressiveness
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1900-1909
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...crews taking a short row of half a mile at a high stroke. On account of rough water the crew waited until late tonight before going out, and was then sent only two and one-half miles down stream against a heavy wind. Despite this handicap, good progress was made, and the shell went along smoothly over the choppy water. The men rowed a 28 and a 29 stroke. Coming back, they had a brush with the second crew, which had a start of two lengths. Although the first gained considerably, it was unable to catch the second before...
...track events were all run in record time, but the records will not stand as the correct list of winners was unfortunately lost. While these events were in progress, the merry-go-round, scenic railway, and other field events called forth both thirst and applause...
While the baseball games are in progress the manager of the Senior track team will hold an exhibition on the Nantasket Boulevard. Besides the usual track events, there will be wheelbarrow, potato and three-legged races, and any others which may be suggested. The feature of the day will be a balloon ascension at four o'clock. Any man who wishes to accompany the balloon should notify the Committee before the ascension takes place...
...University baseball team will play its first home game of the season with the University of Maine at 4 o'clock this afternoon on the new diamond on Soldiers Field. The game should be interesting as it affords the first opportunity of seeing what progress the team has made. Maine was defeated by Tufts on Monday by a score of 3 to 2 in a ten-inning game, and by Andover yesterday, 13 to 9. Last year the game was cancelled on account of rain...
...Massachusetts Schoolmasters' Club will hold its last meeting of the current academic year this afternoon at the Hotel Brunswick. A dinner at 1 o'clock will precede the general discussion of which the subject will be "Social Progress and Education in the United States. At this discussion Professor P. H. Hanus, the president of the club, will preside, and Professor D. R. Dewey of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology will speak with regard to "The Atlantic Seaboard"; Professor F. J. Turner, of the University of Wisconsin, on "The Middle West"; and Professor A. B. Hart '80 on "The Southern States...