Word: branches
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...successfully, the text of the works must be gone over in some form. In mathematics the propositions of geometry and the problems of algebra are reviewed with more or less care, according to the natural taste of the student for the subjects. Some men, good in every other branch, make wretched work of mathematics, and only gain a semi-mastery of the principles by hours of study. These men have a hard time during the cramming period, and, what is more, they receive little sympathy from their more fortunate classmates. The classics are frequently worked up by groups...
...styled, is almost utterly dishonest. It is simyly an attempt to carry into examination material with which the questions of the examiners may be answered without any regard to the student's knowledge of the subject. As all the men examined on a certain day in a certain branch of study are given printed papers bearing the same questions it would seem the most natural way for the men to get possession of the paper before the examination. This, unfortunately, is seldom if ever practicable. The printing is watched with the most jealous care, and as soon as the papers...
...subject. Some of the cribs are works of art, and could serve as text books, containing nearly every part, major and minor, touched upon by the class in the study of the subject. Others are mere outlines, and still others contain nothing but the most difficult portions of the branch on which they are to aid their concoctors and manipulators. Some men make "cribbing" a science, and pride themselves upon their success in eluding the vigilance of the faculty, while their friends look on and wonder and wish that they, too, could be successfully wicked...
...nine. As the score now stands we can see no reason why the base-ball championship should not come to Harvard. The brilliant record of Captain Winslow's men is such as to make it almost absolutely certain that Harvard is to take the lead at last in this branch of sport. All the games remaining to be played will take place on our own grounds, and if any are lost it will be as much the fault of the college as of the nine. Yet we are far from advising the nine to trust to its past record...
...government has provided liberally for its universities, giving them five buildings, good libraries, expensive apparatus, large gardens and well paid professors. Almost every university is noted for some special branch of science, as Kiev for medicine, Dorpat for astronomy, and Moscow for natural sciences, although at each all subjects are taught. The University of Moscow, the largest and oldest, was founded in 1755, and has a library of 175,000 volumes, 1,600 students, and 75 instructors. The yearly fees are about 100 roubles, or $75 in our money. The government gives 400,000 roubles per year towards its support...