Word: risen
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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Before entering upon the main part of his address, Professor Meyer sketched the growth of scholarship in America, especially at Harvard, from the German standpoint. From a comparatively minor position in scholastic rank one hundred years ago, Harvard has risen to the first place among American institutions and to one of the highest positions among the world's greatest universities...
Edmund Janes James, President of the University of Illinois, under whose inspiring touch it has risen to the front rank among American universities...
...Sargent holds that an excessive attention to athletics is an evil not nearly so serious as over-attention to studies on the part of the high-stand men. From statistics of physical examinations he shows that the standard of physique of the athlete and of the average student has risen surprisingly in the 28 years covered by his records, while the scholarship man is considerably below the standard of 1880. The conclusion which he draws from these facts is, that just as strength test is required of athletes, so conformity to a physical standard should be imposed...
...Southern Education Board, and held the same position in Smith College and the University of Tennessee. Roger Sherman Greene '01, A. M. '02, who held successively the offices of assistant managing editor, managing editor, and president of the CRIMSON, and was an editor of the Bulletin, has risen to distinction in the consular service. He has been Consul at Vladivostok, Siberia, Secretary to the United States Minister, and Vice Deputy Consul-General, at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He has also held the office of Vice-Consul at Nagasaki, and Kobe, Japan, and later became United States Commercial Agent at Vladivostok...
During the past week enthusiasm has risen to a pitch probably higher than would have accompanied a season in which Harvard's goal line had not been crossed. The primary object of this was to inspire the team with the idea that the whole University is behind it. But the frequency and effervescent spirit of these spontaneous outbursts prove that they are not forced, but that underlying it all there is a real confidence in the team. We know that every man on the eleven will do all that lies in his power to justify this confidence, and we wish...