Word: maintaining
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...subject, naturally does not attain the standard set by the graduate, and the instructor is unwilling to check the progress of the more advanced students for the sake of the slower men. The result is that the undergraduate finds the work beyond him and can not in this case maintain as comparatively high a standard as in his other courses...
...lives to their country on the field of battle, but they may learn from this memorial that they can give their lives to their country not less fully and not less honestly who use it throughout its whole duration to increase her prosperity, to purify her politics, and to maintain her ideals. It is a pleasure, sir, to accept this memorial on behalf of Harvard University...
...University crew lined up with the Freshman eight for a start and won by about three-quarters of a length, rowing close to 43. Coach Wray gave most of his attention to the finish and the eight continued to improve in this respect. Stroke Cutler showed his ability to maintain a long stroke at a high beat and was well backed up by the rest of the men, although 3 was a bit late at times getting in at the catch, and 2 was unsteady in his in-board work...
Briefly, the rule is this: that men are exempt from probation so long as they steadily maintain a standard throughout each year sufficient, were the examinations final, to promote them to the succeeding class. This is, for Freshmen, two Cs and one D; for Sophomores, a total of five Cs and two Ds; for Juniors, eight Cs and four Ds; and for Seniors, twelve Cs and five and one-half Ds; and for all, no matter what marks they have to their credit, a minimum...
...original board who offered the fund to maintain the medals are: William Woodward Baldwin '86, William Morton Fullerton '86, Alanson Bigelow Houghton '86, George Santayana...