Word: employs
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Germany presents several unique features. First there is the gymnasium through which the student must reach the university unless he is rich enough to employ some influential tutor. The gymnasium is a classical school, divided into six forms. Every year examinations are held by government officials. In the gymnasium the discipline is rigid, in the university very free, the chief end of the student being to prepare for examinations. All through the system is one of examinations. Political offices are given to university graduates in proportion to their success in examinations...
...National Cyclists' Union employ detectives to see that racers ride "square" when on the track, and anyone detected doing otherwise is immediately suspended from the Union. It might be a good thing if something of that kind were done in this country...
...fact that the Princeton faculty, whose rules in regard to professional trainers are practically indentical with those in force at Harvard, has not deemed it inconsistent with the spirit of those rules to permit their Athletic Association to employ as trainer a man whom our own faculty deemed an improper person to exercise those functions at Harvard, is significant. We do not wish to indulge in captions criticism on the action of our athletic committee; but it certainly seems as though this action on the part of Princeton sustained the possibility of a doubt as to whether the action...
...recent reappearance of Mr. Robinson in Cambridge has again awakened the desire of undergraduates to have him returned, if possible, to assist in the athletic sports this spring. It seems as if he might be employed in some such capacity as an instructor in track and outdoor athletics, under the direct supervision of the faculty or Dr. Sargent. In this condition he would be in easy communication with the faculty and subject to their direction. His recent action of leaving Cambridge rather than provoke the ill-will of the athletic committee, has shown his honorable intentions. So, in view, also...
...clerks in the government department at Washington vigorously denounce the proposition to compel them to do eight hours work a day, as is done by other clerks in government employ...