Word: comparison
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...only change from the conventional style of class reports is in the omission of the measurements of the class. "These tables have been necessarily so imperfect and so nearly worthless as standards of comparison that I have felt justified in discarding them, notwithstanding the violation of precedent...
...contest of Saturday last. While we still insist that the time made by the handicapped man was poor, we do not wish to convey the impression that he is not a proper man to train for the event. Yale records will hardly do as a standard of comparison, as Yale is notoriously backward in the way of field athletics. What we meant to imply was that as our prospects for the event are not particularly encouraging, it would be well for the association to train the best man in college for the polo grounds. To determine who is the best...
...whole our team played very loosely for a Harvard team in comparison with the game shown by Stevens. But it must be remembered that the inclement weather affected Harvard more than Stevens, because the former were laboring under the additional disadvantage of a strange ground...
...open to public inspection. The voting begins at 10 A. M., and at 6 P. M. the polls are closed and the contents of the ballot box being turned out by the government commissioner a count is first made of the number of votes, which is verified by comparison with the check list. Then the votes for each candidate is counted and the returns sent to the board of government commissioners in each district, who inspect them and officially announce the result. It only remains for the successful candidate to appear before the commissioners and affirm that he will discharge...
...facts in the case-what are they ? What proportion of college-bred men seem to have proved, or are now proving, so incapable and worthless ? And this in comparison with the tradesmen who are incapable and worthless, who have had the "practical" education so desirable ? Are, or have there been, many of them tramps, or paupers, or loafers in comparison with mechanics, artisans, and c., who have been blessed with "practical training" for life ? Farmers, builders, merchants, navigators, lawyers, judges, preachers, capitalists, high and low officials, editors, and even mechanics and handicraftsmen who are college bred men are all about...