Word: cannot
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...examinations and special written work. No sooner is the forensic brief handed in than there comes a thesis due in Philosophy so and so, and an hour examination in almost every course; in short we are surfeited with work, and so unable to do anything satisfactorily. Of course we cannot object to forensics since they are regularly counted as part of our college work, but a word may be said in reference to theses and hour examinations. Conceive them as best one may, the latter are certainly no more than necessary evils, though they serve a recognized purpose; any feasible...
What induced the authorities to wire up the first gate to the Memorial yard we cannot see. The gate as it is today is decidedly unsightly, while the dangling wire seems to serve no useful purpose. The matter, small though it is, should be attended to at once...
...boards and timbers are cut. It is now too late to change the plans to any extent-that is to the extent of building all the seats on one side as should have been done at first but I see no reason why a part of the benches cannot be placed at the end of the field instead of on the side. Mr. Burnham who has the contract for building the seats assures me that this can readily be done, and I find that it would be no injustice to those who have already bought tickets for seats...
...should not extend to political officers. (a) Examination system cannot determine fitness of men to act as heads of departments or divisions; or, (b) their capacity to act as diplomats-Federalist, No. 71, p. 502 and c., (Dawson edition...
...Right or Wrong" is an episode from the Civil War; although the idea is not new the story is related so charmingly that the reader cannot help enjoying it. "The Adventures of an Evening" is a curious bit of fancy; although well told, somehow or other is unsatisfactory, perhaps because the reader does not know what the pretty young woman said in a low tone. "The Death and Spoiling of Tiresias" it is a story from Thebeau history; as a story it recommends itself to the reader, but the style is rather heavy. "The Siege of Xavier de Chateaufort...