Word: approaching
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...proposed system would be a marked improvement.- (1) A nearer approach to accuracy in testing knowledge.- (a) Work of year examined more thoroughly.- (x) Each month...
...Shaler and Mr. J. B. Woodworth, and is designed for those who have already taken Course 4 of the University lists or 1 of the Summer School. In the lecture room the following topics will be discussed: The classification of geological phenomena, Mr. J. B. Woodworth; the way to approach a field problem, Professor N. S. Shaler; the problems of geological service, Professor N. S. Shaler and Mr. Woodworth. The lectures will be illustrated by specimens, maps, photographs and stereopticon views, and by a few short excursions to localities in this vicinity. Mr. Wood-worth will conduct the field work...
...should have a place in the ideal letter. It should also, if may be, contain an incident; and it should be composed with an exquisite union of correctness and ease. The letters of the poet Cowper are, on the whole, the best in the language, and Fitzgerald's often approach these in merit...
...questions which suddenly confront us. Can there be anything more creditable to Harvard men than to think and speak on these matters without fear or favor? Is it not plain that nothing can more impede a rational conclusion, or more lower our dignity in our own eyes, than to approach such questions in a feverish heat, or to let professions of patriotism or savage praise of war frighten us away from a deliberate search for the right? It is to resist such impulses, and to insist on a critical study of all questions, that universities exist...
Much less is being said nowadays, in favor of having work done by students in college papers substituted for the requirements of English courses. Almost the only approach to such a system is in cases where work meeting the requirements of a college course is also contributed to a student periodical,- which is of course an entirely different thing, though it meets what is in many cases the desired...