Word: give
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...were to set a time for each lecture, according to the importance of the subject given, the student himself would gain fully as great a benefit as he does now, and his auditors, in most cases at least, a much greater. If, in connection with this, the instructor would give lectures now and then on matters that seem to him of special importance or of special difficulty, and if he would at the same time expect the students to be prepared to answer questions that he might put to them during the recitation on the ground they had already gone...
...make the best resolutions, but, unfortunately, few carry them out, and as these few would learn equally much whether the elective were conducted in one way or another, it seems to me that it should be so conducted as to give the greatest advantage possible to the men who make up the larger part of the elective...
...FAULHABER will give a series of weekly Readings in German, with German comments, on Monday evenings, beginning February 25, in Harvard Hall. The first readings will be given from Maria Stuart...
...struck with the great convenience of ours, and the ease with which books can be obtained. We call attention to this in the hope that everybody may be led to appreciate the successful efforts of the new Librarian and his assistants, - efforts of which every week seems to give fresh proofs...
...glad to see, by the President's Report, that an effort is being made to increase the advantages of a post-graduate course. Many students feel a desire to spend a year or two in study here after they have finished their college course, and to give their time either to studies they have been unable to pursue before, or to some subject which they make a specialty. To the former class the college electives offer a good field for work, and they can push their studies in whatever direction they choose; but to the latter there is presented...