Word: stepped
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...because it was necessary for Capt. Mandell and Mr. Lathrop, without whom no team can be sent away from Cambridge, to be in Cambridge next Saturday for the first day of the winter meetings. The men who are going to take part in the games are taking this step at their own expense and cannot be regarded as representatives of the H. A. A. K. Brown '91 has entered for the 220 yds. and 440 yds dashes; J. P. Lee '91 will run in the 50 yds and in the 440 yards dashes; he has also entered for the running...
...Panathenaea, the greatest of the Athenian festivals. The basreliefs stand out boldly representing the whole progress of the procession, the chariots, the horses, and the armed youths, then the old men bearing olive branches and the young girls carrying baskets on their heads. From the western frieze, step by step, the figures become quieter in their character, changing from martial scenes to those of religious rites. The whole of this Panathenaic frieze now forms one of the most splendid of the works of art. The sculpturing is delicate and clear while the positions could be hardly more graceful. Moreover there...
...admittance into the association of such schools as Exeter and Andover is a wise step. The influence of the organization will be wide-spread, and the change will have the effect of bringing together the best material from all the New England preparatory schools. Harvard men feel a deep interest for the success of the association as it is now formed, and the schools may be sure that they will do all in their power to add to this success...
...have seen, there was a revolution in rowing at Harvard. It was not until the early part of winter that Mr. Storrow, in the face of a certain amount of passive opposition, took the rather daring step, by engaging Mr. Faulkner as coach, of throwing overboard all those principles which, it is supposed, had won Harvard many a splendid victory. An entirely new system of rowing was inaugurated, and there was much grumbling and dubious head-shaking at the issue. Yale, on the contrary, was highly elated at Harvard's adoption of the "professional" stroke. Her crew, be it said...
...lecturer said that the most immediate missionary work demanded of the American people is the education of the Negro and Indian. This education must be accomplished along race lines, for the Negro must be made to assert himself before he can take the initial step in civilization. Race prejudice has been fruitful of much good. In that it has aroused the Negro to the necessity of self-assertion; and also because it has aroused the North to the work of education. Its effect is seen in the forty millions of dollars contributed by the North for this purpose since...