Word: largest
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...great difficulty in maintaining a high position in the large classes, now the rule and not the exception in our larger and older Colleges. The disparity comes from the different grades of the schools in which men are fitted; if the aim of the school be to send the largest number of men in "clear," a general knowledge of the required subjects is drilled into them, and a variety of "tips" and "choice phrases" give a brilliant and naturally bright scholar sufficient veneering to pass with distinction...
...graduating class there are 162 candidates for a degree. 209 men have been connected with the class, and there has been only one death. This is the largest class ever graduated by Harvard, the next in size being that of '71, which graduated with 157. - Advocate...
...reply to the question as to which was the largest English settlement in this country, a Fresh, replied, "The Alabama." - University Press...
...grass looks greener than ever before. The applications for rooms seem to indicate the largest Freshman class...
...Ruprecht was laid in the largest church...