Word: denser
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...years ago, in spite of ominous mutterings of more conservative colleges predicting dismal failure, has pushed far ahead, and the ever increasing size of incoming classes proves more and more the success of the plan. The suction of a large university is identical with that of great cities-the denser the population, the greater the number flocking to them, leaving their smaller rivals to survive as best they can. The reasons are obvious enough: the advantages and resources possessed by rich universities are greater, the competition among the students keener, the stakes higher, and the applause following the winner louder...
With every enlargement of the various departments of instruction announced in the elective pamphlet, the maze through which the man of "no particular bent of soul" must wander becomes denser and more labyrinthine. But this is one of the disadvantages that attends every growth of what modern sociologists term "the diversification of function." The choice which the individual must make be comes modified and motivated by the introduction of new fields that are opened to him. A recognition of this fact is forced on every man as he sits down to make out his electives for the ensuing year. Moreover...