Word: answering
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...that we had done better, there naturally arises the same old question, "Of what real good are examinations?" or, as a Freshman once put it, "Quid Bonus?" The Freshman's way of putting it was, perhaps, a happy one, in as much as his question per se gives an answer, namely, that examinations are to show what a man does not know. This is one answer to the question; and, if it be the only one, there must be very few college men who will deny the success of the present system of examinations. But examinations are not, or certainly...
Prof. Byerly will meet the Calculus section this afternoon, at 2 o'clock, in his recitation room, to answer any questions which may be asked...
Capt. Woodman has received an answer to his letter, challenging the Columbia Freshman Crew to a two mile straight away race at New London. The challenge has been accepted, and the time for the race will be determined upon in the future...
Gentle, though erring prophet, the answer is because the 22d of February will come this year upon Sunday, and as the song tells us that "Every day will be Sunday bye and bye," we can confidently look forward to the time when the birthday of the another of that beautiful American fiction. The tale of the little hatchet, will be regularly observed by the college authorities...
...receive great benefit from the donation. But we cannot feel that the library of the Divinity School should take precedence over the University library. For years the undergraduates have protested against the inefficiency of the management of the University library to meet the needs of the college. The invariable answer has been that the college authorities were unable to accede to the requests of the students because of a lack of funds. The reason has been accepted, and the discussion allowed to rest. But we are now brought face to face with a pressing need of the Divinity School...