Word: attainment
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...examination, which to a man that has done faithful work in his courses is but little difficulty. A man who gets honors in any subject, receives a magna cum laude degree practically for eighteen hours work. But for a man to get this degree in regular course he must attain a mark of eighty-five per cent. in his last three years, i. e., for 42 hours a week, a mark that would certainly give him honors if he took six courses on the same subject. So that a man practically gets the same degree for eighteen hours work that...
...would be influential towards making foot-ball unpopular here, as Princeton would remain the only college able to compete with Harvard. It would, moreover, tend to intensify the unfriendly feeling already to some extent existing between Harvard and Yale, which is undesirable and not a worthy object to attain. It is surely unworthy of the two acknowledged leaders of American colleges that there should be constant bickering and unpleasantness between them. But it seems to me that the best, and, in fact, the only practicable method of doing away with the "Yaleism," or, what seems the same thing, the "muckerism...
...every set of judges who have been selected to award the Boylston prizes at the annual public exhibition. The aim now is to give perfect command of the body in clear and effective utterance in private speech and before an audience. The method by which Mr. Jones seeks to attain this is peculiar to himself, and is the result of a good deal of study on his part. It has so far the confidence of the corporation that, in the absence of any person fitted to supplement him, he has been made the sole instructor. The best part...
...unfortunate that the eleven have arranged for so few matches before the championship games. Although an opposing eleven may be weak, nevertheless the 'Varsity team can attain harmony of play as a team and systematic methods from matches with inferior teams. We hope that the management will make good use of the time left before the Columbia game, and will arrange several desirable matches...
...allow English 2 and Greek 3 to be taken two years in succession. The Echo editorially says that he weakens his point by complaining of this action with regard to Greek 3, on the ground that this course is an easy one, in which the whole object desired is attained in one year. The instructor in Greek 3, however, especially encouraged men to take the course again, and so finish reading Herodotus. The course has been shown to be perhaps the most profitable Greek course for the majority of men, - those who wish to attain facility in reading Greek rather...