Word: higher
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Popular Author of Today," the writer brings up again the well known fact that the standard of literature today is not high, that the publications of such books as "Mr. Barnes of New York" and "She" are more eagerly awaited than novels of a higher order. Yet with all this mess of literary work, true literary merit, he thinks, is not hidden...
...especially valuable one of these. The courses in Comparative Literature are even more noteworthy additions. Take it all in all, the new sets of courses offer increased opportunities and a far wider range for every department of the University. When, however, we note the especial attention given to the higher courses, to the advancement in special research; when we consider the whole new department, the School of Pedagogy, which has been added for the benefit of teachers, and take into account that many of the summer courses, taken especially by the graduate students, are to be counted for the degree...
...things began when, five years ago, the government of the University voted that the statute concerning religious exercises "at which the attendance of the students is required" be stricken out. Since that time the spirit of the undergraduates has changed greatly. It is a spirit at once freer and higher than the old one. To the cultivation of this newer earnestness in the religious life of the undergraduates the university preachers have contributed much. A great portion of the students are distinctly identified with religious movements; it cannot be denied that many others do not occupy such a position. There...
...that they must make some special effort to draw and to satisfy foreign students if Paris is to regain any of her mediaeval glory as a place and centre of learning. Yet more they are awaking to the fact that the other nations are making tremendous strides in the higher education and offering special inducements to students, and Paris does not wish to be behind in anything and especially as a centre of the higher culture...
...scheme being an extension of the plan adopted with the appointment of a Comite de Patronage des Etudiants Etrangers about a year ago. March 18, 1891, the Committee of the General Association of the students at Paris in the name of the association (a member of any of the higher institutions of learning is elligible to this association which now has nearly 4,000 members) adopted a series of resolutions to this effect: That every university ought to establish a committee of reception (Comite de Patronage) composed of friends of the university, with some representatives from the students themselves, similar...