Word: affirmation
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...with a half learned lesson, is it surprising that a man under such circumstances should lose the religious significance of the duty? As a revielle, a police regulation to get men out of bed, it does us good service: as a purely religious exercise, we fancy very few would affirm that, as the fact stands now, it is honorable either to the students, or to their religion. It is strange that within a week after the Harvard faculty had passed resolutions in favor of making morning chapel voluntary, an act in our own college should have confirmed the truth...
...failed to turn out a number of "great men" proportionate to the number of dollars represented by the endowment. The views of our e. c. on the ratio of genius to college wealth are novel, to say the least. The Dartmouth says: "It is a moderate statement to affirm that in proportion to its wealth and outward facilities, Dartmouth has exerted a far mightier influence for good than Harvard. To equalize the record, Harvard ought to have produced some nine or ten Websters or Choates. But she has not done...
...studies; that they select "soft" courses; that they select in accordance with their preferences, rather than guided by their intellectual needs. These objections, presented against the enlargement of the elective method, are the old objections, urged for years against the method itself. On the other side, I venture to affirm that the arguments in favor of the system are as strong in its behalf when allowed to the lowest class in college, as the higher classes. The system is a preventive of, and a cure for, poor scholarship. It introduces the student to those studies in which he may attain...
...superior class of students." However one is somewhat reassured in his feelings of advancement, when the article states, "but that education, either as a philosophy or a practical accomplishment was other than painfully narrow, mechanical, and unnatural in its ordinary condition, he must be a bold man who would affirm." the author then goes on to say, that "there have been within the last fifty years two remarkable movements in popular education which have also largely modified the academical schools. In 1830, New England was the undisputed leader in American education. The system of training was fixed by the leading...
...verified by comparison with the check list. Then the votes for each candidate is counted and the returns sent to the board of government commissioners in each district, who inspect them and officially announce the result. It only remains for the successful candidate to appear before the commissioners and affirm that he will discharge the duties of his position conscientiously, or if he is not in the country he must forward a written deposition to the same effect. But the candidate is not yet assured of his seat until the German Parliament, which reserves the right to recall rejected candidates...