Word: effective
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...notice of a proposal (should such proposal be made) for a change wherein the comfort of so many is concerned. I understand that there has been some talk of presenting to the Faculty a petition to which shall be affixed the signatures of the men in Weld, to the effect that the Faculty consider the need of furnaces in our entries. A suggestion has also been made that the petition would be more readily granted, were the men in each entry willing to share among them the expense of the fuel; and though the Faculty would scarcely permit this...
...with leisure and with money, or with that blessed faculty of making other people pay for their amusement, which is quite as good as money, and they have dipped into everything under the sun. The monotony of constant variety - the most maddering monotony on earth - has had its natural effect upon them. They find nothing interesting upon a superficial inspection. They are really too much exhausted to retain energy enough to devote themselves thoroughly to anything. And the result is that they amuse themselves, or rather that they try to think that they amuse themselves, by dressing well, lolling...
...them. If you cannot talk it, listen to them. But never assert yourself in opposition without real reason. Keep your ears open. Remember as much that you hear as possible, and don't speak it out at the wrong moment. Don't swear too often, for it spoils the effect of an oath, and besides it is rather vulgar. Don't use inappropriate slang, - such as "thundering quiet." Don't acquire the horribly unnatural emphasis of New England. And believe me ever
...would be decidedly inconsistent suddenly to withdraw an inducement held out to these men, at a time when another enticing scheme to draw them hither is but getting under way. We have no doubt that a week taken from the summer vacation would have a decided and baneful effect upon the experiment of the Cincinnati examinations. By turning to President Eliot's last report (p. 11), the policy of the College in this matter will at once be seen. The fact that three months is by no means too long a vacation for those who spend the summer abroad...
...getting up the subjects, are then both alike unattained. It is a simple matter for an instructor to ask whether his division as any good reason for preferring to have their examination come one week or another. Let us hope that more of them will try the effect of putting such a question...