Word: eight
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...latter class who are injured physically by getting up at six. It is easy to say that they can go to bed early; but to get to bed before ten is very difficult; and even then, if you sleep every instant of the time, you only have eight hours, which surely is not too much for any one. Then there are perhaps some who would pay more attention to the service if they were fully awake, and did not feel tired from want of sleep. Let those who favor the present system remember how different theory is from practice...
...dark until nine, the nights being frequently illuminated by brilliant auroras. The salmon come back up the river about the 1st of July, and after struggling up the rapids, congregate in the "pools" to rest for a fresh start. These pools come at intervals of from five to eight miles in the river, and are, of course, the best places for fishing. One can hire the use of a pool from the proprietor for a week or two, and some of the best cost as much as fifty dollars...
...programme of studies gives the information that the Sophomores, who by next October have not passed an examination in the reading of easy French prose, will be obliged to take, in addition to their eight hours of electives, two hours of required French throughout the year. This rule, considered necessary so that no one may complete his college course without having some knowledge of so important a language as French, is only temporary, and will not remain in force when French is required for admission to college (after...
...deprecate is, not that Latin and Greek are taught, but that this should be a national system, and one that is applied to all Frenchmen without distinction. In the first place I would have the ancient language pursued more seriously; that is to say, that instead of devoting eight years to the study of Greek and Latin grammar, and still failing to be able to read fluently a Greek or Latin author, half of this time should be given to the attainment of more satisfactory results. Two or three years are, in my opinion, enough to give one a sufficient...
...Eight o'clock is the hour of retiring. There are thus about twelve hours of work, - four of recitation, and eight of study. Twice a week the scholars take a walk under the charge of a master. They are seen passing two abreast, in uniform and military caps, marching in step like a regiment. This is the life of a college or lyceum. The food is generally sufficient, but of little variety. The tuition is according to age, - 800, 1,000, or 1,200 francs a year. The state provides some moneys to assist poor and meritorious students. The long...