Word: masterful
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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There may be men in the senior class or even in the lower classes who are arranging their college course and building their air castles with the view of obtaining a degree of Master of Arts at the same time that they take their Bachelor of Arts degree. To such men at least, and doubtless to many others, it will be interesting to know what the prospects of netting such a degree are, and what in general has been the policy pursued in awarding A. M. degrees...
...That the degree of Master of Arts * * * be open to Bachelors of Arts of Harvard College," and again...
...That the Academic Council [now the Faculty of Arts and Sciences] be authorized to recommend for the degree of Master of Arts candidates otherwise properly qualified, who, after taking the Bachelor's degree, shall have pursued for at least one year at the University a course of liberal study approved by the Academic Council, and shall have passed with high credit an examination on that course...
...thing to our minds. The dialogue is decidedly reminiscent, in fact, it is simply a rehash of trashy plays and novels of English life. The hero poses as another Beau Brummel and talks of shopkeepers 'who ought to feel proud of his patronage. The good valet who pays his master's debts out of his savings, and the goodness of his heart, him we have met before. And the sketch is not improved by its tame tragic ending...
...Toast-Master, A. M. White...