Word: steps
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...they will discover two things. First, that progress in America has always been slow and steady rather than spasmodic: second that progress has always been gained not by theory but by practice. Thus, when they look to the future, they will see that the best way to proceed is step by step, and that the only way to proceed is by things done...
...also known that the Turkish people, oppressed by taxation, and driven to war against their will, would have welcomed the Allies as their liberators. And they will do the same now to any Power that will step in and take a hand in the bettering of their condition...
...Council's powers. Late in February the Faculty of Princeton University approved a resolution giving to the Senior Council the power to recommend dismissal from Princeton without any statement of cause or submission of evidence to the Discipline Committee of the Faculty or to any other body. Such a step gives the Council almost unlimited power over the discipline and morale of the university. It is sure to form a part of the discussion on methods of student government at the intercollegiate Conference...
Commenting on the resolution, President Hibben said: "We are now taking a further and, we believe, important step in this direction (speaking of the Honor System). Students are unwilling to report the misdeeds of their fellows to an outside body. It is occasionally, however, known to them that certain members of the University commit actions or are guilty of conduct which, in their own words, are hurting the good name of Princeton and the moral tone of the place...
Thus far the amateurs have followed this suggestion as the joint rules body proves, and it is a right step in the right direction. Now let the professionals get together and adopt one set of rules...