Word: correspondence
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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AMHERST.Amherst professors mark on the scale of five and make four grades, which appear on the diploma and certify to the actual average work the student has accomplished. The lowest grade corresponds to two, on the scale of five. A mark of three gives one cum laude; four, magna cum laude, and five, summa cum laude. The aim of this marking system is to make the nominal mark correspond to the actual work done. The six or eight in the class who attain the highest average ranks appear on the commencement stage, thus general ability is encouraged rather than proficiency...
...honestly, reverently and fairly discussed. The lectures will first make suggestions about certain modern ethical doctrines in their bearing upon religion, and will state the case of one doctrine in particular; then the inquiry will be taken up: What in the nature of things can be assumed to correspond to our moral needs, to offer them encouragement and religious support? Two or three theories will be passed in review under this head, notably the modern doctrine of progress as an universal law, and the doctrines in general that regard the world as showing us some kind of historical process. Then...
Affiliated tradesmen of the Co-operative Society are expected to keep a book in which each member when claiming the benefit of the membership in the society will be required to sign his name. The signature must correspond with the one on the member's ticket...
...Sargent said that the idea prevalent that the strongest men come from the country is an erroneous one, as, although certain bones and muscles of those accustomed to manual labor are larger and stronger, yet the development of the heart and lungs does not correspond, and therefore the excess of energy in one direction is offset by the loss in another. Neither do the best physiques come from the city, but, in general, from the large towns, where the advantages of pure air, out-door freedom and the absence of severe manual labor are combined. In this connection he remarked...
...Harvard is in the requirement that the applicant for honors in any department must also be of good standing in the subjects not connected with his honor course. In some courses the candidate is required to have won "mid-course honors" in that subject. These "mid-course honors" correspond to our second year honors, but they are given in History, Political Science, French and German, as well as in Greek, Latin and Mathematics. The special requirements appear somewhat less difficult than those at Harvard...