Word: criterion
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...writings of-," and it must be presented to the instructors before the 15th of May. By this method one is allowed his own selections from the several authors; but it must be borne in mind that the essay thus prepared will be gauged by a much higher criterion than the work of those who take the full three-hour examination. The advantages of the new system are obvious, and the freshmen may congratulate themselves on being the first to avail themselves of such an excellent innovation...
...higher motive coming from an interest in religious matters themselves. By showing our faces within the chapel doors, we prove that we are on the side of good order; that we are filled with earnestness and de termination in our daily life. There can be no better criterion of the spirit animating the men of Harvard than the numbers seen at morning prayers. If indifference is to rule, then the present system must fail; if earnestness and determination are to be the future characteristics of the Harvard spirit in athletics and in every other field, we must soon...
EDITORS DAILY CRIMSON:- Much has been said recently about the lack of significance attaching to the various degrees given by the colleges of the country. It is claimed with a great deal of justice that these degrees offer no criterion by which the merits of the recipients can be judged. When we think, however, of the vast differences which prevail in standards and in methods, we must be convinced that it is impossible at present to lay down any common rule by which degrees are to be awarded. But it is very surprising to find sometimes that degrees...
...holding its winter meetings; those of Harvard are near at hand, and naturally we expect them to be as successful this year as they have proved in the past. There is one suggestion, however, which we beg to offer the management. If the experience of former years is any criterion on which to base our opinions, there will be the usual crush at the entrance. The management ought not to forget this, but should open the doors earlier than is customary and let him be served best who comes first...
Instead of ten arbitrary questions upon ten single points which could by no possibility adequately cover the ground gone over in the course during the half-year, and whose answers could be but a very poor criterion of the student's knowledge of the course at best; these papers have contained either fewer questions, but of a comprehensive character such as would allow the student an opportunity to show whether he could write intelligently upon the subject, or else there have been many more questions in order that the student might have an option in his choice of subjects...