Word: grind
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...which the writer advocated the abolition of semi-annual examinations and the substitution in their place of periodical hour examinations. His chief argument in favor of this change was that the present system allows a man so inclined to loaf the greater part of the year and to grind up before the examination just enough to enable him to pass. As a result, the writer urges, a few days after the examinations he knows as little as he did before. The adoption of the hour examination plan would prevent this evil and would cause systematic work...
This plan is a good one and eventually must be adopted as one of the necessary reforms of the college. The present system of examinations is comparatively worthless. It allows a man to grind up in a single night a whole half year's work, and the result is he remembers just enough to pass a fair examination the next day, and afterwards knows nothing about his subject. It is the exception for such men to get much lasting benefit from their college career. The man who comes to college simply to have a good time, and who does...
...must fall upon the shoulders of the present sophomore class, and two men are insufficient to sustain the weight. There ought to be enough class pride or class shame to induce some men to come forward as competitors for positions on the CRIMSON. It is not such a terrible "grind" as it looks. We shall always welcome contributions and encourage those men who show themselves proficient enough to become editors. Let us hear from you, nipety...
...years, college work now presses very lightly upon us. It sat thus lightly on our shoulders at the beginning of the fall term; but the settlement of ourselves and our winter's work claimed much of our spare time. Then came the Christmas duties and the mid-year's grind. Now, once more we have a breathing spell before the plunge into work for the finals, and, in the case of some, into the rush of Class Day and Commencement Day. And now in this period of rest and quiet we wish to say a word of fraternal exhortation, - "Support...
EDITORS DAILY CRIMSON: The refinement of torture, the nightmare of the Mid-years, 36 per cent. is a thing of the past. E may bring despair, but not such exasperation. On the other hand, the uncompromising grind finds himself in A side by side with a lucky and judicious sport. It can no longer be said absolutely, "If you are good you will be happy but you won't have a good time." A premium has been taken off that mid-year knowledge - if knowledge it can be called - which is useful in the examination room and nowhere else...