Word: formely
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...used to be customary for a boy on promotion to the Fifth Form to give a supper in his room; and afterwards to recite a satirical ode, passing comments on all the other fellows in his boarding house. These productions were often very coarse, for it was an understood thing that the authors of them were never to be molested by those whom they abused. Gladstone in his Fifth Form poem eschewed all personalities, but conveyed his opinion with great vigor on some of the abuses rife in the school, and in particular on cruelties that used to be practiced...
...work to be marked 82 in one course, and 100 in another, by the same instructor? If 82 was the correct mark for the work considered as a mathematical thesis, 82 was the correct mark for the same work considered as a forensic, for in forensics matter, not form, is the criterion for marking...
...fully equal to that required in writing the forensics. The fact that the mark given in a special course on a thesis differs from that given in the English department can be explained by the fact that although in a forensic matter is regarded of prime impostance, still form is also to be taken into consideration, and more than this original research can hardly be expected in a forensic. In the case of honor theses, this is not true. Although a man is not always expected to advance new and startling theories, still an amount of original work and study...
...religious newspapers. The Guardian delicately observes: "As the maudlin president of Harvard once said in a post-prandial speech." The Christian at Work says: "It is simply untrue that 'seminaries bid against each other for young mendicants.' The language is as slanderous in spirit as it is offensive in form...
...following form of invitations has been issued by the Bicycle Club and is being sent to prominent bicyclists...