Word: formality
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...part of the regular work of the course, and marked as such, might do away with a considerable part of the evils of the present system of examinations. The plan proposed is that at frequent intervals members of the section in turn prepare and present short papers, not as formal as themes, but more so than oral recitations, on certain subjects previously given out. Questions suggested by these papers are to be placed upon the final examination paper. Members of the course are at liberty to suggest subjects to be treated of in these papers, in addition to those proposed...
...clumsy and fraught with the utmost peril. About six months before the usual time of the race one of the colleges - say Yale, for example - proposes that a race shall be rowed, and thereupon each college confides the ensuing diplomatic correspondence to a committee. The Yale committee writes a formal letter offering to row under certain conditions, which will give the Yale crew every advantage. Thus, Yale will demand that if her crew arrives at the winning stake on the same day with the Harvards, the victory shall be adjudged to Yale; that the Harvard crew shall consist exclusively...
...pious, devout belivers (such as St. Bernard), who needed no reasons for their faith, and the polemic speculative divine, (such as Abelard), who wished to make theology rational. Second, the system of conferring degrees, after appropriate trials. These were at first simply a license to teach. Third, the formal organization of the primitive university. Europe was unsettled; even in the capitals, the civil power was often unhinged. Wherever multitudes came together there was manifested a spirit of turbulence. The universities often exemplified this fact; and it was found necessary to establish a government within themselves, the leading feature of which...
...besides many who will, with proper training, develop into good men. Most of them intend to enter Harvard. It seems to be settled that unless we are successful in getting boats there will be no races this year. The boat club cannot expect Harvard to send boats until some formal statement of its circumstances and demand is made. We believe that such a demand will be made at an early day. Harvard, what...
...university degree, when first conferred in the literary institutions of mediaeval Europe, is said to have been merely a certificate of proficiency or license to teach. Since then, college education has vastly developed and departed widely from its original standards, so that now a college degree contains in formal meaning little of its ancient significance. The functions of the university in fitting men as teachers is, however, still of great importance. Harvard has begun to expressly recognize this part of its duty by the appointment of an annual lecturer on pedagogy and methods of teaching, to be followed eventually...