Word: constant
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...degree than now, be accustomed to independent judgment; but their views on any subject would be broadened and their tolerance of other people's opinions would be increased by listening to lectures by different men of varying opinions." The exchange of professors, however, the writer concludes, is impracticable. "A constant change" he says, "might impede or even prevent the original researches of many professors," besides putting them to great inconvenience by change of residence and social relations. "But," he continues, "this same object, viz., the extension of the independent judgment of the students, might be furthered in a slightly different...
...freshman nine is now at work in the gymnasium, and we urge upon all candidates the necessity of regular attendance and careful work. The prospect of the freshman nine, judging from the number and excellence of the candidates, is certainly very favorable for success, if the men are constant and energetic. There is little need for us to remind eighty-nine of the treatment Harvard freshman nines have received in the past, and we sincerely hope that eighty-nine will break the record. Nothing but hard work will enable a freshman nine to defeat a Yale freshman nine, having...
...active and the interest unflagging. Meetings are held every Monday evening at 8 o'clock, and the house seldom adjourns before 11 p.m. The attendance is very large, often reaching twenty-five or thirty, while an excellent rule, that three successive absences shall be equivalent to a resignation, insures constant, consecutive attendance. The second year has opened with a membership almost doubled, which is not confined to undergraduate students alone, for the roll contains the names of a number of graduate students...
...most ??? the elective system is on the teacher. "He is known by the ??? keeps." "In a vigorous ??? this criterion of his work is a constant stimulant to more renewed energy, more careful instruction...
...CONSTANT READER...