Word: effective
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...that department." In conclusion, Mr. Shaler refers to the English system, by which "many of the secondary schools of that country have in their possession presentations and scholarships which enable youths who win them to defray in part, or wholly, their education at either Oxford or Cambridge. ... The effect of these presentations both on the school which gives and that which receives, is good. They help the lower schools to fill their classes with youths contending for the prize, and they give to the universities well selected students...
...always interesting to have a sidelight thrown on the effect which a great political event has on a small community or on an individual living in it. In this way the following letter written by a Harvard student on "Sept'br ye 23d 1777" well portrays some of the effects of the Revolution on his mind and on the college community at large. He complains bitterly of the rise of prices. After a very short "family" sentence he goes on to say: "Wood is but twenty dollars pr. cord, the corporation meet to-morrow to determine upon a vacation...
...partisan and disgusted with the game, and several times pushed into the diamond and stopped the playing. At one time, during the sixth inning, there was a long intermission for a fight between two egotistic and excited bystanders; cause of fight unknown, ditto, result." All this, though, had the effect of heightening the excitement of the Harvard contingent, when they saw the Lowell audience making every effort to bully them out of the game. Their enthusiasm at the end was boundless, and when they finally realized that the score, Harvard, 39, Lowell, 28, meant victory and the Silver Ball, there...
...misfortunes of those who use it. A third cause of complaint is the new rule which interdicts the drawing of reserved books by proxy. Every student has a right to draw books, and if he chooses to transfer his right to another, signing a written order to that effect, he should be allowed to do so. The library belongs to the students, they are charged on their term bills with part of the expense of its maintenance, and its rules should be made just as flexible as possible, without injury to the common weal. No valid objection can be urged...
...rules in regard to absence from college exercises at Williams, went into effect yesterday. Practically there will be 20 cuts allowed, and a student will be permitted to spend one Sunday in each term, out of town...