Word: rapidity
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...unsettled conditions of the past week have greatly retarded the work of the University nine. Only a light fielding and batting practice has been held in the last two days. Nevertheless, the rapid progress of the squad since it has been outdoors has been so marked that a strong and well-balanced line-up is assured for today...
...business that they enter. But it sends every graduate into this practical experience equipped with a knowledge of business principles and mechanisms that will make him understand from the start the relation of his particular job to the whole scheme; and this knowledge ought to make his advance more rapid than that of the young man who begins without this preparation. The school realizes that the business leader must have aptitude, character, initiative; and that no sort of instruction or experience will make good the absence of these native qualities in the student. But for young men of the right...
...rapid growth of the school is striking proof of the splendid work it has done. When the institution opened, it had twelve students and a faculty of six physicians. Now, the number of students has been doubled; there are ten men on the faculty; and there is a plant valued at $100,000, soon to be enlarged by a modern hospital. The immediate plans and needs are many. Thirty thousand dollars is required to purchase the site for a new hospital, the building itself being paid for by an anonymous gift of $50,000. A further sum is needed...
...takes such a position is doing a real service, not only to the foreigners but also to the American missions and institutions abroad. He is given the opportunity to see at first hand, and to understand the work Americans are doing in the Orient. In view of the rapid advancement and growth of the East, it is a rare chance to study closely the economic and political conditions of Japan and China, as well as of our own possessions. There is an additional attraction offered to medical students. In addition to regular teaching experience, very valuable training may be received...
...Rapid progress has been made in the last few weeks in the development of both the University and Freshman crews. Six University crews and three 1917 eights are now working daily in the tank...