Word: earnest
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...statistics on rank, published in yesterday's CRIMSON, may be taken as a criterion of the seriousness of a student's work during the four years of his college life. The varying percentages of marks in the five grades show a striking and gratifying tendency toward more earnest work in each succeeding year. In the Freshman year less than 16 per cent, of the marks assigned to '89 reached A, while almost 3 per cent. fell into grade E. A steady increase in the A's brings the per cent. to more than 22 in the Senior year...
...needless to point out that any earnest student can obtain $600 or $800 during his course from the scholarships, almost none of which are "tied up with special provisions" beyond the single limitation that they shall be awarded to meritorious undergraduates, and many of which have no provisions at all. Besides the $29,000 given out annually in scholarships by the college, about $16,000 is assigned from the beneficiary funds...
...Rivington street. Four of these clubs are for girls and another is for small children. Originally there was no intention of starting a club for boys, but the boys themselves demanded recognition, and the first club was such a success that two more were started and all are doing earnest work. The children are taught cooking, sewing, hygiene, etc., but there is no distinct religious instruction. The settlement also discharges the functions of the penny provident fund, which receives deposits of one cent or more. The basement of the building is fitted with bath rooms which do not nearly supply...
While I am complaining, not without reason, I trust, against abuses of privilege, I wish to add an emphatic protest against college "sponges." Doubtless there are occasional times when earnest men do not, for a sufficient reason, bring their text books to a recitation or lecture; in which case it is entirely proper to ask the opportunity to look on with a neighbor in class, or glance over his lecture notes at a later time. But when a man systematically fails to bring his text-book to the class room, or cuts one lecture out of every three, and then...
...some go for the special purpose of seeing a certain event, and find that all the contestants have withdrawn, he has good cause for indignation. If members only were disappointed, there would be sufficient cause for censure, but since the public is admitted and pays for admission, an earnest remonstrance is necessary. It is the duty of the Athletic Association to see that the men who enter compete. The fault does not lie with the officers of the association altogether, and perhaps not at all. The greater part of the blame certainly falls upon the men who withdraw. If they...