Word: correct
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...majority of cases this latter mark is 100, no matter what the course mark may be. Now, it is asked, how is it possible for one piece of work to be marked 82 in one course, and 100 in another, by the same instructor? If 82 was the correct mark for the work considered as a mathematical thesis, 82 was the correct mark for the same work considered as a forensic, for in forensics matter, not form, is the criterion for marking...
...impress him very forcibly we can readily agree with him, but when he remarks that the students are all obliged to live in the college buildings and are not compelled to attend prayers, we can but wish, in the latter case at least, that his information was correct...
Secondly, taking the price of $4.58 as correct, is there anything wrong in the monthly statements, or is there an indication of an exceedingly high price for the month of March? I believe there is nothing wrong in the monthly statements. It should be remembered that no separate report for January has ever been got out. As a fact, it is easily shown from the figures used by the auditor in computing the price for this term, that the cost of board for January, and the few days of December which come into this term, was more than...
...pity if the directors should be compelled, by such action on the part of a few men, to return to the old, unpleasant system of locks and latch-keys. The fault is probably the result of oversight and we have no doubt that a word will be sufficient to correct...
...used to conceal the real weight of the duty from those who are unacquainted with the values of the dutiable articles. The ad valorem duties are theoretically more equal and just, but yet the tendency of all countries is to drop them. The faults found are: The difficulty of correct judgment by custom officers; the danger of fraud in concealing the true value; the competition of different ports in order to obtain more trade by appraising he goods lower. In this country, the lecturer explained, the ad valorem duties was the system sought by free traders in preference to specific...