Word: cum
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Bearing in mind these few principles which I have stated thus abstractly, you must proceed to the practical application of them. Take the first principle, - that of appropriation. If you see any thing in dress or manner that strikes your fancy, make it your own; but always cum grano mutationis. Flatter your model by a resemblance; do not offend him by an identity. Let him think that the variation means superior excellence on his side; be satisfied with knowing, yourself, that you have changed only to improve. Enough on this score. Your inborn qualities will either make...
...give such credit in all branches as is implied by the attainment of a certain distinction. On the other hand, it is impossible to make Honorable Mention in all subjects of equal value; hence, in some cases it may well not be considered a title to a degree cum laude...
...scale adopted in other courses, the actual requirement for Honorable Mention in English Composition is practically about ten per cent higher than in other studies. Perhaps it is considered that Honorable Mention in English Composition is not, on the 80 per cent basis, a sufficient title to a degree cum laude; if so, it, along with several other subjects, should be excluded from consideration in determining the grade of a degree. So far as Honorable Mention is concerned, the requirements should be uniform for all subjects, while the comparative value of it certainly depends entirely upon the subject in which...
...good one, and does encourage more systematic work; but there are several points in which last year's trial suggests modification of it. Thus, it seems hardly right that Honorable Mention in a modern language which may have been acquired abroad, should be considered a ground for a degree cum laude. Again, in the Greek courses, it is difficult to see why Greek 1 of two years ago is excluded from the count, while Greek 2 is counted, as well as Greek 3, which, if difficulty be the criterion in arranging the courses, should properly be Greek...
...hand thee the sheep-skin - a pretty cum laude...