Word: admittedly
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Prof. Palmer of the University of Chicago has received a communication from the World's Fair authorities, offering to admit chemistry students to the fair, for a month, free of charge. The students are to work a few hours a day in the mining department, where they will come in contact with practical chemists and will obtain practice in applied chemistry...
...plays football, to reiterate the statement that legislation must in some way demolish the wedge, it seems only fair that the other side of the question should be heard, and, particularly, that any legislation should be neither hasty nor ill-considered. I am one of those quite ready to admit that the further development of wedge and mass plays would be detrimental to the interests of both players and spectators. A suggestion has been made that the wedge be permitted only inside the twenty-five-yard lines, or only outside the twenty-five-yard lines, thus limiting...
...church, and made way for the preaching of modern times. It used to be thought that the Christian church was an entirely new phenomenon; but this is far from true. It is only unique in its idea of Christ. In fact, irreverant though it may seem to admit it, Christianity is indebted to pagan ideas for a number of our religious ceremonies...
...crews are already using the sliding seats in spite of the short time they have been in training. This year much less attention than formerly is being paid to the details of the stroke, and the men are learning to row together more quickly. As yet, their faults hardly admit of classification. There is a general lack of accuracy noticeable, which is due to inexperience; but it is expected that one of the 'varsity crew will soon help in the coaching and the work will doubtless then improve more rapidly...
...Graduates' Magazine by Mr. Adams and Professor Goodwin on "Education in the Preparatory Schools," exemplifies clearly the present false relation between the schools and the colleges. The college has been forced for its own good to assume a certain position, to set a certain standard of admission and to admit to its curriculum only such students as approximately approach this standard. It has had to dictate to the schools the kind and amount of work that must be accomplished by their pupils to it them for college work. Such a condition of affairs is hurtful to the best interests...