Word: rapidly
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...slow and sometime tedious in spite of the interest shown by the pupil and needs a patient teacher who will make it a point not to miss a single meeting. But when the apparently dull pupil has once mastered the elements of the language, then the progress is rapid, the Chinaman soon takes up the Bible, and well prepared by patient love of his teacher, he is readily led to grasp the truths of the Christian religion...
...game. Cornell played a kicking game during the first half, reserving her backs, and Ohl out classed Brewer at nearly every exchange of punts. The Harvard team did splendid work all through the first half and by successive rushes, aided by excellent interference, scored four touchdowns, but this rapid pace told on the men. When the second half began the Harvard players were tired and unable to withstand the aggressive attacks of their lightweight opponents. Both of Cornell's touchdowns were accidental, the result of stopped punts, and might have been avoided had the backs shown better judgment...
...record an improvement in the Harvard 'varsity crew is something which is a pleasure for every Harvard man who is following the crews on the Thames with any degree of critical interest. In the week just finished, the Harvard crew has not made rapid strides towards that perfection of stroke at which every crew aims, but slow though noticeable improvements are evident. Though the watermanship is still manifestly inferior to Yale's, it has improved markedly in a week...
...took their first row today. As between Columbia and Harvard, the latter is rowing the better. Even "Bob" Cook told me that the Columbia freshman crew is the "worst freshman crew" he ever saw. Still, their stroke, Pierrepont is an excellent oar and their improvement may be more rapid than Harvard '97, whose crew today was rowing in very fair form. Hollister, by the way, has been put back in the boat at No. 2 in place of Sleeper...
Changes and improvements have been made in the courses to keep pace with the rapid growth of the school. The instruction will be both theoretical and practical and will consist of lectures and practical talks on thirteen different subjects and sixty-four courses in physical exercise...