Word: evens
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...ancient Greeks. Antar was a real character, and his fame as a warrior and poet was long preserved by tradition. Singlehanded he put hundreds to flight, and with a few followers dispersed the armies of Chosroes, King of Persia. The field of Arabic poetry is comparatively unknown even to the most cultivated, and this attempt to bring it within the reach of the public is most welcome. Mr. Jewett is a recent graduate, who has just returned from a stay of three years in Egypt and Syria, where he has been studying the Semitic languages. He has been appointed instructor...
Cald well, for the past two years the stroke of the crew, has flatly refused to handle an oar this year; but the chances of his rowing are thought by those who ought to know to be more than even. The great stroke made the same statement last year, but changed his mind at the last moment, and though he had comparatively little training in comparison with the rest of the men, he showed no lack of form in the race and pulled a beautiful stroke. If he persists in his refusal to row, Cross, '88, will probably stroke...
...held in New York at the same time with the latter, and both are presided over by the same professor from Harvard. To the private schools of New York they are of great value as forming a standard by which the quality of the teaching may be teased, for, even when candidates fail, the failure gives them and the instructors a clearer idea of the meaning of "accurate" work, and already more than one school has acknowledged its indebtedness to them as having been the means of improvising the character of the school. This renders the examinations of especial interest...
...have had many complaints, in writing and otherwise, upon the subject of giving out the marks for the mid-year examinations. There are several instructors who refuse to let their class even know the marks until the average for the year comes out in midsummer. This seems to us rather unfair. A man cannot work as zealously and conscientiously if he is utterly in the dark as to his standing or his chances of getting through a course for the year. If a man gets a low mark on the mid-years and knows it he can apply himself more...
Appleton Chapel was completely filled last evening by an audience who came to hear the eulogy on Professor Gray, delivered by Dr. Alexander McKenzie. The speaker touched briefly on the principal points of the life of the deceased. He spoke of his early fondness for the study of natural history, of his yearning for books and travel, and of his love for integrity and truth. He dwelt with particular emphasis on his career during the forty-five years of his connection with the University. He said that even from the beginning of this period he was recognized...