Word: evens
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...name of the University, for five thousand dollars. The nucleus of the collection was made by Senator Barnum of Connecticut, who succeeded in obtaining a complete set of the first fifteen Congresses. Of all publications made by the government, these are the most rare; a complete set is not even possessed by the Senate or the House. Since then, set after set of annuals, debates and records have been added to Senator Barnum's original collection...
...regulations which have recently gone into operation at Harvard. Among the large list of exchanges which come to us daily we have not found a single instance of unfavorable comment. This in itself is no little cause for satisfaction, but the many words of praise which also appear are even more gratifying. The rules reem to find general acceptance and commendation, and have been recommended by prominent sporting authorities as eminently fair and sports manlike. We see them reflected in the rules adopted by Yale; with one or two possible exceptions the working of both systems will be identical...
...their first steps and will be closely watched to see how well their theories fit in with practice. It is not unreasonable to suppose that the success of this movement here and at Yale will be the only argument necessary to bring other colleges into line until a general, even if not entire, acceptance of the regulations will be inevitable...
...that it would be practical to put into effect in the present condition of educational methods. It was not intended that this report should be put into effect, but that it should serve as a valuable suggestion to all whose business it is to educate youth. This task was even more difficult than that of the conferences. First, the committee made out a tabular view, including all the requirements in the different subjects. This served as a basis from which to get at the relative amounts of time that should be spent on different subjects in a practical...
...pursue his education collaterally with the work of life, is ready and ripe for instruction in the higher branches of learning, and that the work done by them in the Extension classes and the examinations undergone by them would, in the case of some of the students, compare favorably even with the most advanced instruction in England, such for example as the Indian Civil Service open competitive examination...