Word: steps
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...messages which are not within a certain radius of the receiving station, to which it is attached; thus obviating all chances of error in receiving despatches. In perfecting this instrument the club hopes to be able to aid greatly all receiving stations and to make a great step towards the perfection of wireless telegraphy...
...majority of courses at Harvard, was originated by this University, and is undoubtedly a great advance over the former "text-book" system. The present policy of the Library means practically a return to this inferior method. For this reason, it is a backward step and likely in the end to prove far more costly than its monetary saving can justify...
...electing to itself a member primarily a scholar, the Student Council has taken one step in the right direction. If this widening of horizon means that the Council intends to broaden the scope of its activity, it may become really useful to the undergraduates. At present, however, so far as the body of the undergraduates knows, it might just as well have gone out of existence. There is no dearth of tasks to which the Student Council might profitably turn its hands, and it is only by embracing these opportunities and by showing some initiative in undergraduate affairs that...
...thus accepted must pass a suitable examination and be recommended by the American-Scandinavian Society. This arrangement is largely due to the efforts of President Nicholas Murray Butler, of Columbia University, who is also the president of the American- Scandinavian Society. This is the first time that such a step has ever been taken, and it is hoped, by eminent educators in this country, that this will do much toward cementing the firm friendship which already exists between America and Scandinavia...
...Step, "White Wash...