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Word: either (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1880-1889
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...rich young men whose eyes ought to be opened to the possibilities of entering upon a course of purely theoretical labor, in which they may not only find personal satisfaction, but also gain the gratitude and the esteem of their more unfortunate brother laborers, whose energies are wasted either in the practice of their profession, or in teaching to numskulls the elements of a noble science. A very eminent physician once said to a wealthy young man who was undecided whether to start a chemical factory or to follow up chemistry in a purely theoretical way, - "For Heaven's sake...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Dillettanteism. | 2/10/1886 | See Source »

...lines may create, that Canada is represented in this college by only three students. The Pacific slope, which is ten times farther away, sends thirty students here; the city of San Francisco alone has twenty-two. And yet there is probably as large a well-to-do class in either Montreal or Quebec as there is in the American city. The great difficulty about attracting Canadian students to this country is, that a college is almost entirely deprived of the most effective means of overcoming international prejudice and conservatism - advertising. A college can not, or from motives of professional etiquette...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 2/8/1886 | See Source »

...comparative values of the degree of A. B. from Harvard and from the great English Universities. There is a widespread idea that a graduate of our college would be obliged to do a great deal of hard work at Oxford or Cambridge before he could get a degree from either. Personal inquiry and comparison lead the writer to think differently, in fact quite the reverse...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Degree of A. B. | 2/8/1886 | See Source »

...residence at the university. Their recesses are also longer, so that the three terms contain only about two hundred and twenty-seven days. Moreover, at a certain period in their course, arts students may take professional studies, and by a certain selection of subjects, may have their choice of either a degree in arts...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Degree of A. B. | 2/8/1886 | See Source »

...that particular room. Therefore, unless this document is presented in regular form, no man need feel obliged to admit anyone, save the college authorities. On the other hand, every man is at liberty to protect his room from intrusion in any way that may seem best. In truth, either a policeman's billy, hat, or belt make a much better wall decoration than the handsomest street sign ever "ragged" by silly freshman or wicked sophomore...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 2/6/1886 | See Source »

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