Word: idea
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...larger than ever before, and the novel feature of having a "ladies' day" should spur men on to excel past records. Besides this, the list of events is more varied and attractive than usual, and offers opportunities for all kinds of athletes. If men will give up the idea of not competing unless they are sure of a prize, we may expect to have a better exhibition, and more credit will reflect on those...
...that department. Thesis-writing compels neglect of the topics on the syllabus. The last examination has shown this to be not a theory, but a fact; and we hope that this is not the only instance where the instructor will perceive the wisdom of giving a broad and general idea of the whole subject rather than the minute examination of a small portion. While mentioning this subject, we would revert to the questionable custom of various professors in withholding marks, or delaying giving them out beyond a reasonable length of time. If students are obliged to work for marks, they...
...answer to this was lost in the cry from No. 1 l. to No. 5 r: "Good enough! That's what I put. I had n't the remotest idea what it ought to be. Did n't Charles the Fat come after Bayard...
...Editors of the Crimson submit a few specimen examination-papers (or, as our Playful Editor calls them, ex-animation papers), which it is hoped will convey to outsiders an idea, though an inadequate one, of our sufferings during the past two weeks...
...cannot protest too strongly against such a scheme. Not only would it render it utterly impossible for those students who live at a distance from Cambridge to go home over Sunday, but it would deprive us of the only real half-holiday we have. As to the President's idea of keeping all the students in Cambridge over Sunday, there are very few but will agree with us in thinking that the few additional hours which would be gained for study are amply compensated for by the pleasure and advantage one derives from a weekly visit to his home...