Word: steps
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...bequeathed a legcy to his politically unsympathetic brother on conditions that the later should once a year shout from his front porch the words, "Hurrah for Sir Wilfred Laurier and Reciprocity!", recalls the days of a decade ago when Champ Clark suggested that Reciprocity would be merely the first step in the annexation of Canada to the United States...
...vote of the University Faculty modifying the college entrance requirements is another progressive step in education. The futility of the attempt to judge intellectual capacity by the conventional form of written examination has been recognized for some time and has resulted, first, in the establishment of the "New Plan," and now in its extension...
...most, significant reform in the year has only an indirect bearing on intercollegiate athletics and is a distinct step in "athletics for all." Following a suggestion or request from the Board of Overseers, the Faculty with the support of the Committee voted to prescribe physical exercise for Freshmen. Dr. Roger Irving Lee, Professor of Hygiene, has given his summer to plans for putting the vote of the Faculty into effect this year with the class of 1923. Harvard College with its tradition of personal liberty has been slow in determining on physical prescription but in this matter, as in many...
Today's announcement of the reorganization of the administration of the Union, is another step in the long series of accomplishments this year, towards making the Union the club for all undergraduates. From now on elected representatives of the members will have the power to make changes and improvements, and will be responsible for the success of their work to those who elected them. Thus the undergraduates obtain a direct voice in the running of the Union...
...formation of the "Old Clothes Club" at the Sheffield Scientific School. Yale has cast aside its sartorial traditions and takes its initial step in the fight for lower clothing costs. The decision to introduce a variegated color scheme into the Eli's apparel will lend a touch of brightness to the sombre shades of the campus, while the Yale profiteer-baiter may steal through dim vaults and transepts without disturbing the tranquility of the Chapel...