Word: houres
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...Sophomores have received a leave of absence from college for the offence of assisting some Freshmen in retiring at a seasonable hour...
...DENTON, Captain.THERE will be an election of president and vice-president of the Dining-Hall Association next Wednesday, at the dinner hour. Nominations in writing can be made at the Auditor's office, but each nomination must be signed by at least six supporters. Elections for directors will be held later...
...understand that the cause of the delay in the examination was that the instructor, who should have been on hand at nine o'clock, wearied himself exceedingly in pointing out, the evening before, the utter want of practicability in the instructor who, a few weeks ago, forgot the hour at which his examination began. So wearied grew our philosopher with his metaphysical argument, that he was really unable to appear the next morning until ten o'clock...
...BOOKS OF REFERENCE. - Information will be given as to the best grammars, dictionaries, and books of reference in general with which a student of the French language should be acquainted. The works themselves will be shown and tested in the class. Occasionally an hour will be devoted to the study of some difficult text, when those who wish to do so may take an active part in the lesson, using the books to look up embarrassing points, and thus learn to clear up for themselves not only difficulties of language but such as arise from insufficient knowledge of French usages...
...SPOKEN LANGUAGE. - Although the course will in general be rather theoretical than practical, some attention will be paid to the spoken language, the methods of learning it will be discussed, and an opportunity will be offered to acquire ease in understanding French, as the exercises in the last half-hour, and later in the course in the last hour, will be carried on wholly in French...