Word: attainment
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...prevailing sentiment among students seems to be that the senior crew acted wisely in adopting their new stroke. Before drawing any conclusions from the result of the race, it must be borne in mind that the university crew is not yet rowing with the uniformity it will probably attain in the next two months, and that the men are not in condition to do themselves justice in a short pull, as they are training for a four-mile race. Nevertheless, the senior crew did remarkably well. Their stroke is a very trying one, as it brings the muscles...
...itself as soon as the number of worthy men of letters had increased up to the required limit. But that might be a long time. Until that time, to be a member of the Academy would not go for much, and just as in the French Academy, many would attain to its honors who are entirely unworthy of them...
...questions purposely indefinite. Not satisfied with this, he felt called upon to warn not only those who did not pass the examination, but many who did. This fountain head of justice did not stop here. He sent official communications to the families of those students who had failed to attain a certain mark above 40 per cent. Is this not virtually raising the amount of work required to pass an examination. At the least, it is an act of officiousness not wanted by the rules, and deserving condemnation...
...perfect physical vigor. In order to accomplish these desirable ends, young men are encouraged to take exercise, and to enter into the general practice of athletic sports and games. If, however, the object of physical training be lost sight of, and the desire to win the championship, or to attain the highest degree of excellence in these sports be made the paramount aim, then the practice of athletics is likely to be attended with evils that demand consideration. Some of these evils have already begun to make themselves manifest in the practice of college sports. With a view to correcting...
...after entering the ranks any one wishes to attain some commission, an examination must first be passed; but if he has previously acquitted himself creditably at a preparatory military school, he may be promoted without being examined. After a fixed term of service the aspirant is then advanced to a higher division, where his military education is completed. If satisfactory he is promoted and finally receives his coveted commission. But if the officer is now especially ambitious, there is one more school where the highest positions in the service are awarded. The interest that the government takes in the training...