Word: hamper
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Editorial" urges the substitution of unannounced for announced hour examinations, on the ground that the latter "hamper seriously many students," while the former are "more nearly in accord with the 'quickening principle of opportunity with responsibility." "The Month" reviews the President's report and the endowments of the university...
...conclusion, Mr. Chaplin wished to emphasize the fact that the university is not a reformatory institution. The faculty refuses to hamper good men in order partially to control the very small percentage of bad men. In so large an institution as Harvard the government has no time to attempt the reformation of individual bad students. If a man is unworthy of Harvard, the only course open to the faculty is to force him to leave college...