Word: manners
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...outside of the recitation room. As to pronunciation, the less said the better; it is after all perhaps merely a matter of taste. But it certainly seems only fair to say that the methods employed in some of the German electives are far from accordance with the generally recognized manner of the best and purest German pronunciation...
...progress. Twenty young women, who passed the preliminary examinations last June to the regular course of four years, are expecting to take the final examination next June. The girls have all worked hard, and their health has in no case suffered. All have conducted themselves in a thoroughly exemplary manner...
This afternoon the nine play Dartmouth. We hope the college will turn out in full and thus show their interest in base-ball in a substantial manner...
...training is constantly increasing is shown by the large number of candidates for the Boylston prizes who entered the recent preliminary contest. There has been much dissatisfaction among those who took elocution this year with the frequent resignations, leave-of-absence and so forth, and with the generally negligent manner and want of interest shown by the authorities...
...Williams students who were too independent and critical in the matter of petitions, have been severely snubbed for their pains. The receipt of a circular from the college faculty by parents of several sophomores, severely censuring the students because of their objection, in writing, to the Latin professor's manner of recitation here, has caused some little excitement among the students. The following is a verbatim extract of the letter sent by Prof. Fernald, secretary of the faculty, to the parents, and its own explanation : "The facts are that he and others of his class, fancied that they...