Word: blues
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Blue-books are now in order...
...Blue-books in Political Economy 2 are to be brought in Monday...
...part of the society, still it seems that some method might be devised by which everybody could be accommodated. Suppose, for instance, that before each examination every student who belongs to the society notifies the superintendent of his intention of taking the examination and requests that a blue-book be reserved for him. Then, on the morning of each examination, the society shall see that a number of blue books equal to the number of members in the course be placed in the examination rooms. Each student then by simply showing his card or a slip to some...
...mark alone is always unsatisfactory enough if the man does not know in what his book is weak. The only way to have examinations do any good besides fixing, though with a delightful degree of uncertainty, his rank, is for the instructor to return to every student his blue-book with corrections. This may entail a little more labor on the instructor, but the satisfaction felt by the students will amply repay the extra trouble. This is already done by some instructors, but the practice is not so universal as it should be. We hope that instructors will feel that...
...pointed out two or three veins of silver ore, and then the last vein, which was rich gold ore. After splashing around in the mud, bumping our heads against the low ceiling formed by the rock, and collecting specimens, we returned to the shaft, where the small spot of blue sky overhead cast a dim light...