Word: limited
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...necessity the main function of a university always has been, and must be, teaching. It is, in a word, to bring the most highly educated youths of the time up to the limits of education. But from this there spring other functions, among which the first is research. In all advanced subjects the teacher is continually attaining the limit of that subject, and is, therefore, eager to reach out a little beyond this attained knowledge. In turn such a teacher is surrounded by eager and enthusiastic men and is certain to attract them into the research that interests...
...burden of proof. They say: first, that the present age of entrance into college is too high; second, that the growth in our standards and efficiency and the contemporary rise of the graduate school have been so great as to make the A. B. degree no longer the limit of general culture; third, that in general the number of college-bred men in America in proportion to the population has been growing less, and that the too high standard has been the cause of this defection; fourth, that at present there is a tendency to idle away a year...
Most of the entries for the Manhattan Athletic Club games are from the large colleges, and as the handicap limit has been set low, the entries are all of a high grade. Most of the men entered from Harvard are in the 70 yards dash. S. V. R. Thayer has 8 feet handicap, A. H. Green 3 feet, J. Hale, Jr., 6 feet, and O. K. Hawes 5 feet. Roddy of Princeton will be the scratch...
...limit has been placed on the number of members which shall belong to the club, and so far two meetings have been held. It is proposed to hold meetings every two weeks in the members' rooms, at which some given subject shall be discussed. The subject is to be prepared thoroughly by two of the members, who will present it to the club at its meetings, and after this a general discussion will be held...
...Manhattan Athletic Games will be held Saturday evening at 8 o'clock in Madison Square Garden. The large number of entries may, however, necessitate the holding of the preliminary heats in the afternoon. Some of the events are scratch, but in most of them there will be a small limit handicap. The proceeds will go towards paying the expenses of the team which the Manhattan club will send to England this summer. The prizes will be unusually fine, first prizes being diamond rings...