Word: fairness
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...their marks after each examination. The distinctions engendered are trivial in reality, but are usually the cause of much dissatisfaction, except to those happy-go-lucky creatures who do enough work to pass with certainty, and do not care for high rank. By certain general groupings - "very good," "good." "fair," etc., down to "not passed" - a sufficient distinction might easily be made in point of scholarship. If a man is working for honors, and deserves them, let him be informed of his success, and the man who fails may also be made acquainted with the result in his case...
...WEATHER.WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 11, 1882, 1 A. M. For New England, fair weather, northwesterly winds, becoming variable, stationary or lower temperature, higher pressure...
There appeared in a recent number of the Bicycling World an article in which it was claimed that the bicycle was a practical road machine for all seasons of the year. The writer gave his experience in winter riding, an asserted that he found very little difficulty in making fair time on the snow. Winter riding on a bicycle may be enjoyable to some, but we must confess a weakness for a sleigh. Numb fingers, slippery going, and frequent and unavoidable falls and dismounts do not seem to us the most enjoyable features of bicycling. Winter, in our opinion...
...Corelli-Laurent Company will give another week of "Patience" at the Gaiety, the rendition of the music is very fair, but the acting savors too much of an extravaganza...
...WEATHEWASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 9, 1882, 1 A.M. For New England, fair weather, followed by increasing cloudiness, with rain or snow, westerly winds, shifting to easterly, stationary or higher temperature, followed by falling barometer...