Word: essays
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...posthumus essay by Darwin on the "Evolution of Instinct" has been found among his papers. It is a splendid example of exhaustive induction, and will be read at a meeting of the Linnxan Society...
Miss Agnes Emory won the Howland prize for an essay on civil service reform at the commencement of the University of Kansas...
Such articles if not too numerous and frequent, add much to the attractiveness of a paper, and give much more satisfaction to a reader than to plod through a tedious essay on "Melancholy," "Imagination," or "George Washington." At the same time it cultivates ability in that line of writing, which fact, though not of great importance, ought not to be overlooked. There is no reason why some in our own colleges should not turn their attention to this line of writing, and produce interesting, readable articles, such as will improve the tone of our papers and make them more entertaining...
...required class rhetorical work at Yale is one essay and rhetoric in the freshman year, eight essays in the sophomore year, four or five written debates in the Junior year, and four or five written exercises and off-hand speeches in the senior year. [Oberlin Review...
...scarce at Yale to call forth the following in the Record: "The Record offers the following prizes to undergraduates of any department of the university: Ten dollars for the best story or sketch; ten dollars for the largest number of published verses; ten dollars for the best light essay, humorous or otherwise. The result will be announced in the last issue of this term...