Word: lowness
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...College in 1869, says Professor Kuehnemann (who evidently has only the formal instruction in view), was like a German gymnasium, surrounded by a group of professional schools with low standards of admission and "merely practical aims." The work of President Eliot, he continues, has consisted in turning these schools into places for graduate and theoretical study; in leading the College from "the easy-going pursuit of prescribed courses" and "the drill system" to "a thoroughly scholarly training, befitting the dignity and importance of the learned professions"; and finally, in inducing the preparatory schools to raise their standards, diversify their teaching...
...Saturday the Freshman shooting team defeated Andover at the traps on Soldiers Field by the score of 171 to 139 The conditions for the shoot were extremely poor and as a result the scores were very low. Mixter was high man for the Freshmen with a score...
...must be understood as the expression of the present mental crisis in Germany. His greatest work is "Zarathustra." Upon its appearance he was acclaimed by the noisy multitude as a Messiah, although his mission is that of a John the Baptist. He marks the turning point at an exceedingly low epoch, toward an as yet unknown future. This work is aphoristic in style, and is the result of his spiritual creative faculty...
...date of the annual interscholastic track meet of the Harvard Athletic Association has been changed from June 12 to May 15. The following events will be held: 100-yard dash, 220-yard dash, 440-yard dash, 880-yard run, one-mile run, 120-yard high hurdles, 220-yard low hurdles, 16-pound shot-put, 12-pound hammer-throw, running high jump, running broad jump, and pole-vault...
...yard low hurdles, semi-finals. First heat--Won by W. M. Rand '09, scratch. Time--5 4-5s. Second heat--won by R. C. Foster '11, 3 ft. Time--5 4-5s. Third heat--Won by T. S. Blumer '10, 3 ft. Time--6s. Final heat--Won by R. C. Foster '11, 3 ft.; second, W. M. Rand '09, scratch; third, T. S. Blumer '10, 3 ft. Time...