Word: towards
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...things: (x) the development of a governing class, or (y) a strong, one-man government. (a.) In seeking several terms, the President must trust more and more either to the help of bosses and machines or to the love of the people. (b.) In the first the tendency is toward the stealing of the people's power by one class: in the second, the people transfer their power to a popular idol. (Bryce p. 69.) (2.) Frequent change of President is essential to a republican government. (a.) By change alone, is the interest and responsibility of the people...
...those authors who mark progress in the evolution of literary ideals since the Revolution. The intent is to give some hints and clews to books which are illustrative, whether as the results or the occasion, of altered standards of criticism and aesthetic principles. The author expresses his attitude toward literary criticism as follows: "No one can be more keenly aware than I how parlous a task it is to attempt systematic criticism of the present or near past in literature; but if we are to wait until the world has made up its mind about what it is reading today...
Both teams played a kicking game, and Brown's good work at fullback did much toward winning the game for Ninety-nine. He outpunted the Freshman backs at every exchange of kicks, and was always sure to get the ball away safely...
...past, the courses in astronomy have been limited almost entirely to theoretical work, and consequently have not been very popular. The completion of the Observatory with its imporved facilities for practical work, and the securing by Pennsylvania of Dr. Doolittle, recently of Lehigh University, should do much toward arousing more interest in this branch of study. Dr. Doolittle has been placed at the head of the Mathematical Department of the University...
Ninety-nine (be it said to the credit of the then Freshman class) started, last spring, a movement toward a new era of thorough good-feeling, and Ninety-six did all it could in its short time to help along the movement. Ninety-seven, as the Senior class, now has an important duty to perform...