Word: evenness
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...literary expression, the author scarcely pretends to guide his pupils; and it is needless to say that American tastes in both departments differ so widely from those of the best English speakers and writers, that no aspirant to success in this country would look for instruction to a professor even of Harvard College...
...ones who gain a little leisure towards the close of the examinations are envied by the less fortunate. More than this, two examinations in one day, or, as it must sometimes happen, three or four examinations in two days, are more than a student can pass with credit or even justice to himself. One hour of exhausting writing would, indeed, be avoided in each examination, but all the other work which an examination brings would remain substantially undiminished. We hope that these facts will be borne in mind when the final decision is made about the mid year examinations...
...beaten, then we all thank fortune that it was not a champion crew. On the other hand, if the American crew win, then again we say it is good it was not the champion crew, for the results lead to the inference that the champion could have done even better...
...work of his Freshman year troubled him somewhat, especially the mathematics. The German, to be sure, was easy enough, and he soon became good friends with the tutor; but he complained that the other instructors were too cold and difficult to approach. Even pecuniary considerations had no influence with them...
...finally, George got his degree and graduated. Some people thought that he would have lost it if his father had not been a benefactor of the college. A few even went so far as to whisper that a degree should not be for sale at any price. However, there are always grumblers, and one cannot expect to please everybody...