Word: furnished
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...become much more pleasant than they were under the old regime, when the undergraduates had a feeling that their instructors were trying to force them to "make bricks without straw," by giving examinations apparently destined to find out what they did not know about a course, rather than to furnish an opportunity of showing how much they did know of the subject. Recently a fresh instance of thoughtfulness on the part of an instructor for the convenience of the men studying with him has been shown by the instructor in Greek 1, who has had printed for the members...
...preparatory schools throughout New England furnish a large portion of the different classes with a set of men better adapted and fitted for college life than the private school element. But a Southerner or Westerner is without the circle of Harvard influence, nor is he fired by the enthusiasm of his companions as many a new Englander is. The number of colleges giving a passable education nearer at hand offer a great inducement to remain at home, and he thinks that the education will be as beneficial, if not quite as fine as Harvard's. Moreover, although Harvard's position...
...condition The numbers of its students are increasing and important additions have been made recently to its faculty. Pupils from all parts of the country are receiving instruction in various subjects. Texas, Nova Scotia, Nebraska, Minnesota, Indiana, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York are some of the sections that furnish students. The announcement of the Correspondence University for January, 1884, is just out in a neat form...
...this sort that has proved an exception to this rule. We do not know of any cases of prize essays from American colleges that can be called such exceptions. It is possible that there are such, however, and it may be that the list of Bowdoin prize dissertations might furnish such a case, although perhaps not to be compared with such a work as the "Holy Roman Empire...
...without it till they suffer illness from the want of it, and then prefer a doctor's remedies to Nature's By the present system of college athletics these requisites are met, if not perfectly, at least as well as it is possible for them to be met. They furnish a mental stimulus. They set up an object to be striven for and an ideal of strength or skill. The object is honor-honor of no great worth, perhaps, but still honor to the student mind. To secure a victory in any sport, good brains in the players contribute quite...