Word: directed
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...direct evidence can be found that Assyrian art was affected by, or itself affected the art of the Elamities, so little is known of the works of this people. Most scholars are agreed, however, that these two peoples did effect each other, though they are, as yet, unable to trace any influence of the art of the one in that of the other...
...Chapel, beginning Feb. 6. They will be conducted by some of the later graduates of the Harvard Divinity School, who are banded together under the name of "The Cambridge Brotherhood." Mr. J. B. Sharland is now drilling a choir to lead in the congregational singing. The addresses will be direct appeals in the interests of a better, a purer life, and will be absolutely free from doctrinal teachings. - Cambridge Chronicle...
...German salary will stand the test of a direct comparison of marks and dollars much better than has been generally believed. Salary must, however, be understood in the sense of income, and must, for purposes of comparison, include the various lecture fees, examination fees, both for the civil examinations and doctor examinations, the allowance for rent, and occasional immunity from various taxes, to say nothing of the various travelling stipendia, of the definite prospect of pension, and of the permanency of tenure...
...they fancy to be adapted to their tastes or their uses. Nothing could be worse or further from real education than a dilettante picking at this and that, or gathering fragments of knowledge in a dozen different fields. There seems to be something needed in this elective system to direct more effectively the choice of students in the bewildering variety presented to them...
There are of course many incidental aids Boys whose parents are qualified to direct them will have the benefit of the best of all assistance. Those who have prepared for college in good schools will as a rule have the advice of their teachers, who are likely to be specially competent to direct them from the knowledge they have acquired of their mental characteristics. What with the power of self-direction that the older and more earnest-minded students will have, the guidance of parents and teachers, the restrictions and suggestions of the college authorities, and the presumed readiness...