Word: attainment
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...America can hardly be said to have had either a national life or a national literature ; therefore she has neither great statesmen, theologians nor scholars. But among such men of eminence as these were, Harvard had a full representation, as will be seen from a summary of honors attained by the first class ever graduated, that of 1642. Out of the nine graduates, six were distinguished as follows : "One was sent both by Cromwell and Charles II., as minister to the states General of Holland. One became a follow of a college at Oxford ; two received degrees in medicine...
...scale of five. A mark of three gives one cum laude; four, magna cum laude, and five, summa cum laude. The aim of this marking system is to make the nominal mark correspond to the actual work done. The six or eight in the class who attain the highest average ranks appear on the commencement stage, thus general ability is encouraged rather than proficiency in special lines of study. The best four men in the class are monitors...
...Holmes have interfered with extensive practice, so it will be a day or two before the team can set their posts and have a regular game. Until then there is sufficient work to be done by the new men to keep them busy if they are to attain anything like proficiency in the many elements of this popular sport. A few days of preliminary out door practice might also do much to help the nines before they are called upon to begin their steady playing...
...good men in events which otherwise they would not have thought of entering. It is to be regretted that in our gymnasium athletics we cannot do away with the necessity for the repetition of feats, but this presumes a much higher standard of excellence than we can hope to attain. On the whole, we think that the contest for general excellence will be of great benefit in bringing out good men, and another year, when there will be a good opening for this prize, we hope to see a large number of contestants...
...Grecian and Roman systems and ideas of physical development, said Dr. Sargent in a recent lecture, differed in that the former had three ends to attain - a perfect mind in point of education, a perfect working condition of the organs of the body, and especially a perfect body in the point of beauty and art - while the latter's sole object was to fit the body to endure the hardships of war. Thus among the Greeks we find the most perfectly and beautifully developed athletes. At the fall of Rome, and with the rise of Christianity, there was a change...