Word: steps
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...petition placed at Bartlett's would receive the names of many of the most influential men of Cambridge and of all students interested in getting their messages on time. Such a petition in the hands of interested parties ought to accomplish the desired results and make Cambridge one step nearer perfection...
...other ways. This good fortune is again seen in the Morgan fellowships which have just been received by the corporation and have been devoted to the support of resident students. The liberality of the terms which the corporation has seen fit attach to the fellowship is certainly a step in the right direction. Heretofore, we believe, the fellowships which have been established have assisted in educating graduates of Harvard in foreign countries. This is undoubtedly an excellent pain to extend the influence of Harvard as university and to afford greater opportunities to graduates of ability and special attainments...
...action of the academic council in offering such liberal terms for the award of these fellowships is but a step in the march of progress which the well-wishers of Harvard desire to see, and will be accompanied with admirable results in increasing the claims of Harvard as the leading university of the country...
...upon a sound financial basis, the continued prosperity of this school will be a question beyond any doubt. Harvard especially should feel proud of the success which has attended the management of the school, as our Greek department was foremost in suggesting the practicability and importance of the present step. Moreover, the first director was selected from among our professors, and the chairman of the managing committee, in whose hands is placed the general management and supervision of the school, is also among the professors of our Greek department...
...that the class crews were simply a sort of preparatory school for training university oarsmen, and that their whole existence was for this end. When, therefore, a crew decides to row an entirely different stroke than that which the university employs, it is necessary to ask whether such a step does not constitute a dangerous precedent for future crews. While it may be held to be still an open question as to whether the fast stroke is a better one than the old one, still, to most minds, the proof of the stroke is whether it wins...