Word: coverings
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...much contested point as to the value of the peculiar character of the intellectual training to be derived from classical study, it is a very sensible view. Mr. Curtis claims that classical training in our day has reached an abnormal growth. The demands for admission to our colleges cover in regard to classical requirements as much, possibly, as our fathers had, and more than our grandfathers had, when they graduated from college. The writer cites the great growth of Harvard since the adoption of the elective system as an argument in favor of its general adoption among the other leading...
...Harvard team were Abbott, '87, goal; Williams, '85, (capt.) point; Goodale, '85, cover point; Gardner, '87, Nichols, L. S., and Sumner, '87, defence field; Hood, '86, centre; Dudley, '87, and Blodgett, '87, attack field; Noyes, '85, Woods, '85, and Twombly, L. S., homes...
...plan of the Naval Academy. How well this plan is carried out, and whether in the best manner possible is a subject too long to be here entered upon. But this is certain, that the cadet who would go through the academy with success must "look alive." For to cover the ground, the daily lessons are something prodigious, while the examinations are extraordinarily severe. Only steady, constant application, backed by fair ability, will enable a cadet to maintain his position at the academy...
...distinctive office of the jury in conjunction with the president is to administer justice, and within that line of duty its jurisdiction shall cover all matters relating to the peace, order, security, and good name of the undergraduate college community, except matters (1), of payments due to or from the college; (2), of rank, appointment, or award; (3), of conduct during recitations, declamations, or lectures; and (4), of attendance at required exercises. But in all these excepted matters the question of deception, or deliberate falsehood, if raised, shall be a distinct issue within the jurisdiction of the jury...
...published, some time ago, a complaint concerning English VII. The complaint was directed at the method at present pursued in the teaching of the course. Any literary course which is intended to cover so long a period as either English VII or VIII, cannot be safely conducted in the same manner as a course which restricts its work to a close examination of a few of the works of one man. Whatever may be said against the lecture system, there can be no doubt that it is the only system which can be successfully pursued in a course which attempts...