Word: greater
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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Unfortunately, the greater part of the present Sophomore class have failed to perceive this fact. Taking advantage of the anticipation examinations so liberally offered by the Faculty, they rushed to the examination-room, eager to be freed from all presumably incongenial required work. A day or two of "cramming" had been enough to give them a momentary knowledge of their subjects; this knowledge they poured into their books as freely and as thoughtlessly as they would have poured water into a bowl, and their heads were left, as far as political science went, in a condition very like that...
...lectures are of greater value for the reason that they are presented by a gentleman of culture, who has not only a theoretical, but a practical knowledge of the subject; and the description of the difficulties of an amateur engraver, although certainly not inspiring to those who stand on the threshold of the art, are yet illustrative of what patience and perseverance can accomplish in this branch of the Fine Arts...
EVERY one who has gone through college must have noticed a greater or less change among his acquaintances. We do not mean a "change of heart," any moral improvement, or the reverse, but a sort of intellectual development, and alteration in the point of view from which men regard life. Now these changes are so various that it never occurred to us that they could be comprised under a single formula, till we stumbled across a remark in De Bernard's Gerfaut, one of the most worthless of French novels. The clown of the story has a social theory which...
...President's Eliot's last Annual Report the improved health of the students within the last twenty years is ascribed to the greater attention given in intelligent families to the care of the body. This brings again to mind the thought that the higher our education the better should be the care which we learn to take of our bodily organs, since when they are in the healthiest condition they do us the best service. It is superfluous, however, to give to persons possessed of even the moderate wisdom of college students reasons why we should attend to the laws...
...increasing demand for University and Evening lectures, which has already been uttered in the columns of the Magenta, shows that there is an increase in the number of those who are trying to reap all the advantages of a collegiate education, and, with greater encouragement and better facilities for instruction, the number of resident graduates would also be greatly increased. To many minds, the fact that they are obliged to study is a great obstacle to any enthusiasm in learning, and they would accomplish more if greater opportunities for voluntary instruction were offered. To be sure, many electives are taken...