Word: excepts
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Such an estimate as is meant would have to be detailed, or it would be of no meaning to the average man. Take for instance the one recently published in our columns by the manager of the '87 freshman crew, little could be gathered from it, except that the total amount was very large, but not any larger than that of the '86 crew. Such a one is not what is meant; but rather a careful business estimate, such as an applicant would make to secure a contract, or an architect furnish to his patron who wished him to figure...
...other foundations, and in the matter of Latin verse, which we may take as the touch-stone of a reforming, or a non-reforming school, has shown itself the most conservative of them all. The first step to any real reform of studies is the abolition of verse-making, except as an extra in the higher forms. Greek, too, as a compulsory subject is doomed, and all the head masters in England cannot save it. This, we know, is a debatable question, and we should like to argue it out, but here we must be content to dogmatic...
...reported that the Overseers are making a series of visits to Appleton Chapel during morning prayers. What their purpose is, we do not know, except that it has some connection with the recent prayer petition. Perhaps they are criticising the service, with a view to making it more palatable to the non-conformists,-if the petitioners may be called so; or, perhaps they are taking evidence from the faces of the congregation as to whether there is much good derived from compulsory chapel-going. We sincerely hope the former contingency is not the actual case. Improvements in the service...
...University of Virginia has no prescribed course of study, no entrance examinations, no vacation except the summer one, and but six holidays...
...club is the free discussion of philosophical problems, and for this reason the number of members is necessarily rather small. The consequence is that, although the fortnightly meetings are well attended, are highly interesting to the members themselves, the students at large hear very little about the club, except in connection with its public lectures...