Word: toward
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...growth possible in the technical language of a popular sport. Start who knock holes in batting averages are hold friends; a "comer" who "has a long way to come" and even the divagations of a star, who, though assured that he "cannot be-touched," nevertheless "worries himself wild," and toward the middle of the game "goes up in the air and stays there," are understandable; but those conditions at Yale that do not favor a pitcher's arm, give then uninitiated cause for meditation...
...shoot for the novice cup will be held shortly after the interclass shoot, and in this meet each man will shoot at 100 birds, in four strings of 25 each. A championship handicap shoot will also be arranged toward the end of the season. Weekly shoots, both handicap and scratch, will be held after the spring recess, and a schedule of matches with clubs in the vicinity of Boston is being arranged to precede the dual match with Yale and the intercollegiate meet, which will take place about...
...second great evil that the investigating committee found in the slums was the environment in which the children were raised, which it described as containing all the influences that tend toward unrighteousness and corruption. Much of the best work that has been done in New York to offset this environment has been accomplished by means of new school-houses, recreation centres, and open playgrounds. In the last few years $80,000,000 has been spent by the School Committee of New York in this work...
...America. He was born in Denmark, but came to this country when a young man and became police reporter for the New York Sun. Since then he has been active in the movement for establishing small parks and playgrounds within city limits, and has been instrumental in many movements toward tenement house and school reforms. During the years 1896 and 1897, Mr. Riis was one of the executive officers of the Good Government Clubs, and in 1897 was secretary of the New York Small Parks Commission. He has written a number of books and magazine articles on these subjects, among...
Work has begun on the new Radcliffe Library, toward which Andrew Carnegie gave $75,000 on condition that an equal fund be raised. The exterior of the building is to correspond in appearance with the gymnasium, and is to be of about the same size. The architects are Winslow & Bigelow of Boston, and the contractor is J. E. Warren & Co. According to the contract the building will be completed on November...