Word: creditably
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...themselves particularly fitted for positions in the infield, while the rest modestly mentioned the fielders position. Altogether there seems to be material in '89 for a good nine, and with faithful work on the part of candidates a nine ought to be put on the field which will do credit to the class...
...Harvard graduate and former instructor, as well as a politician and writer, has purchased a large interest in the Advertiser, and will hence-forth, presumedly, have much to do in shaping its policy. We can but congratulate Professor Dunbar as he retires, and the college at large, for the credit reflected directly and indirectly by the high journalistic stand to which this paper has been brought. The energy for which Mr. Lodge is famous, governed by the cautious temper which he must inherit from the former management, promise a vigorous future for this paper...
...current number of the Andover Review possesses peculiar interest, in that it contains a reply to Prof. Palmer's article on "The New Education," from Prof. G. T. Ladd, of Yale. It is entitled "Education, New and Old." It opens with a conservative's doubt of what is novel. Credit is given to Prof. Palmer for the fair statement of his views. The writer also accords with the ethical spirit of the article of his opponent. The first difference of opinion is seen in the motives cited by the different writers, for the higher tone present among Harvard students...
...elective system seems especially adapted to promote the interests of higher education. Students are led to special subjects with a view peculiar and fitted to each one's nature. Professor Ladd is earnest and sincere in his views, although we may differ with him yet we give him credit for his careful argument...
...just, than the present system. And it will serve the purposes of the university in determining degrees and honors. But it will do away entirely with our system of class ranking, because no such individual comparison can be justly made under an elective system. Each man will simply get credit for what he has done, and he will therefore aim at true proficiency, in place of any false, superficial honor. The objection will here be made, that scholarships cannot be assigned with accuracy. And to this I reply, first, that in considering a university's system of education, the assignments...