Word: rapidly
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...presence of Japanese students in the University for several years past, and the high standing which some of them have maintained in their courses, has doubtless aroused in many an interest in Japan and in the rapid advance which she has recently made in education. There is now in Japan a well organized school system and instruction is given in every grade from the kindergarten to the university. This instruction is of course adapted to peculiar needs of the country and is not, therefore, in all respects the same as that given in this country...
...with the university are five government and two private colleges which are preparatory to the professional schools. The enrollment of the university is about twelve hundred and that of the colleges about three thousand. The most prominent departments of the university are those of Medicine, Science and Technology. The rapid development of the country, and the construction of bridges, railroads, modern buildings, and the like, calls for a large number of trained engineers, and to these the Science and Technology departments give a course of training which ranks with the best that is given in Europe and America...
Among the "Kodaks" there are several choice bits of description, but the last one deserves a far better position. It shows just that rapid character painting which is best suited to this style of work...
...Smith said that the transition in engraving from mediocre to supreme excellence has been very rapid in America. The early process, by which the draughtsman with infinite pains and difficulty reproduced upon wood the work of the painter, was soon replaced by the art of photographing directly upon the wood, and skilful artists began to take the place of the draughtsman. Three things were necessary to lift engraving from the difficult, expensive and unsatisfactory early process to that high position as an art which it has held for many years. These were, first, an artist, then an engraver, and last...
...contagious diseases have characteristic beginning symptoms. Hence it is difficult to recognize such diseases the first day or two, and to take proper precautions with reference to them. Many individuals are, therefore, unwittingly exposed, and the spread of disease in this way may be very rapid and extensive...