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Word: answering (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1880-1889
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...each week absences were announced in Latin after the service. "Ter abfuisti," a student would be informed. To which he would answer, "Semel aegrotavi," "Bis invalui," or "Detentus ab amic s" (friends from home...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Morning Prayers. | 2/12/1886 | See Source »

...half past two o'clock in the afternoon, preceding the examinations in N. H. 2, Prof. Mark will meet the class and answer all written questions which may be handed to him before two o'clock of that...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fact and Rumor. | 2/8/1886 | See Source »

...position that young men are likely to take under such a loose, half-hearted religious system, is that of agnosticism. The place occupied by religion should be honorable and unmistakable. Never has the question 'Is life worth living' been asked with such persistency as now. The college teacher should answer it, when questioned by the student under his charge. More than eight hundred Harvard students have petitioned not to be required to attend prayers, and they are supported by the faculty. It must be difficult to maintain a religious feeling in such a state of affairs...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Religion in Colleges. | 2/5/1886 | See Source »

...White will be in Harvard 4 at 3 p.m. to answer questions on Mathematics...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fact and Rumor. | 2/4/1886 | See Source »

...modified. Under the present regime, there seems to be and possibly there can be, no uniformity of method in preparing examination papers. Some instructors give short papers with few questions and expect to have each question pretty thoroughly discussed. Other instructors give long papers with numerous questions. The answers to such questions must necessarily be brief; owing to their brevity they are liable to be faulty, even with the most careful student, and it is not likely that they are ever entirely satisfactory. The objection to long papers holds good especially when the questions are of a theoretical nature; questions...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 2/1/1886 | See Source »

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