Word: letting
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...judgment to note accurately the worth of daily work. But an instructor's estimate of men, not marks, would be the fairer method. Two examinations - one upon entrance, one for a degree - would obviate the difficulties of a continuous struggle for marks; if this change be too radical, let rank depend upon daily work. And the names of those whom the Faculty wished to honor could be printed on "rank-lists," not arranged in the order of one-twelfth of a per cent, but alphabetically. Then we might hear less about "leading" the class, and more about men who have...
...Let me look back once more and trace
...flying plank walks, scholarships free to all, voluntary chapel, and smashed marking systems. The powerful force within the volcano would be called the Crimson. For supports, I would have on one side a large pile of contributions, and on the other a long subscription-list. For a motto, 'Let that be supported which supports...
...small number of students who ran. The course selected was a very good one, and the time (35 min.) for the five miles was excellent. Perhaps the small number of entries was due to the recollection of the fifteen-mile run last fall; but if the Athletic Association would let it be fully understood that the course is to be five or six miles, and in no case any farther, we have no doubt that we shall see again as many Hounds assembled in front of Matthews as we saw last November...
...remember his years of chrysalis life. Do you imagine, though, that he is always in this elevated position? Oh no! every now and then, when he goes out into the world, he has to take off his stilts, for there the doors are not made high enough to let him through. And he, even he, is sometimes made to feel the littleness of man, as, for instance, at a party, where he has to beg a Freshman, whom he has delighted in torturing, to introduce him to some young lady. It occasionally happens that the Freshman does not comply with...