Word: ending
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...action of the French department in abandoning all examinations in three courses is worthy of imitation in other branches. It marks the beginning of a movement which, it is to be hoped, will end in the partial or total abandonment of the much-dreaded finals and mid-years. In the foreign universities, the only examinations are those required for a degree; and even these are not answers to a paper, but consist of carefully prepared theses. In those courses here in which theses and special reports are required there is no excuse for the present system, and several instructors have...
...game by a score of four to two. The game was begun at about 5, 15, and Eighty-nine started off with a rush, and tried to force the playing. The Ninety-one defence did good work, keeping their goal clear, and the ball travelled from end to end of the field without either side's getting much the advantage. After twenty minutes' play Griffing worked the ball in toward goal by good dodging, and as Davis ran out leaving Kilvert uncovered, passed to the latter who threw a goal. The ball was drawn off at the centre...
...present time is to remind those men of that circular and to bring the matter before the whole college. Any members of the University who have any material which could be useful to other students, and which they are willing to give away now or at the end of the year, are earnestly requested to fill out the blank and either mail it to Professor F. G. Peabody or leave it at 1 Wadsworth House. A messenger will call at the time mentioned in the blank and take away the property...
...West End cars are running to Brookline over Beacon street...
...cordiality and respect that are bound to rise between such honorable rivals as Yale and Harvard. That future contests between the universities will manifest the same spirit we have noted in the past, we cannot doubt. We should be sorry indeed to have the rivalry brought to an end by the adoption of any mistaken policy...