Word: expected
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...should spur men on to excel past records. Besides this, the list of events is more varied and attractive than usual, and offers opportunities for all kinds of athletes. If men will give up the idea of not competing unless they are sure of a prize, we may expect to have a better exhibition, and more credit will reflect on those...
...prescribed studies, and offers no electives. Owing to this, many members of the School are obliged to go over ground with which they are already familiar, as no equivalent is offered, and a degree is conferred on those only who have followed the beaten track. Hebrew, which we might expect to have thoroughly taught in a department where a competent knowledge of the Bible is the foundation-stone, is undoubtedly best known by Jewish scholars. To employ one of these in teaching would be carrying out the unsectarian principles of the School to the letter...
They always expect some witty surprise
...expect perfection in the management of the Gymnasium at first is contrary to experience, since that can be attained only by pointing out from time to time the conflicts between the rules and the students' wants. Closing the Gymnasium after Saturday noon seems to us a clear case of conflict. As the great majority of those who use the Gymnasium exercise either in the afternoon or evening, they are prevented from keeping a regular hour. Moreover, students devote to exercise the time that they can most conveniently spare from their work, and as there are no recitations in the afternoon...