Word: habits
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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SOME instructors have the habit of causing their examination-books to be corrected by other persons. This practice seems to us unjust, as the instructor is the only person who can make a just estimate of the knowledge shown by his examination. In the pursuit of the course he is supposed to become acquainted, to some degree, with the strong and weak points of the students who take his elective, and the examination shows how far his estimate has been correct; further, it affords him an opportunity of giving a student credit for apparent improvement. On the other hand...
...Faculty have chosen this neat and inexpensive manner of celebrating an event to which we all look back with pleasure. We have always been taught to emulate the Father of his Country, and an especially good opportunity to do so was given yesterday. As he was in the habit of cutting apple-trees, we might have cut examinations, and when requested by the Dean to show cause, the answer would be ready, - "I cannot tell a lie, I was sick...
...caste, - for want of a better word; and if these societies make any overtures to you - as I cordially hope that they will not - I must beg of you to politely decline them. They can't help you, and they may hurt you; for membership involves a habit of constant prevarication, which is anything but salutary in its effects. At the same time these secret organizations have a certain amount of power; and as long as they do not interfere with you, you had better not interfere with them, - technical interference being the public mention of their existence. If they...
...have both improved on the use of their slides. Brigham does not set his shoulders firmly at the catch, and he lets them "give" when he takes hold. At times he fails to get his arms straight at the end of the recover. He also has an awkward habit of sticking his elbows out at the finish. Littaner reaches out too much with his shoulders, hurries the recover, and does not sit well up at the finish. He wants more "lift" at the beginning and more snap. Littaner improves very fast, and his form is one of the best. LeMoyne...
...awkward and stiff. Within the past three weeks, however, he has made decided improvement. Jacobs is doing well at 7, but fails to use his arms properly. He drops his hands before taking hold, does not pull them in high enough, and has, like Brigham, a habit of sticking his elbows out at the finish...