Word: may
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...Proctor! may some better brush...
...number of men, and at the same time the kind of men, that elect History in college, make it one of the most important of the branches that are open to us; and it may be interesting to compare the opinion of students as to the most profitable manner of conducting an elective in History. I have taken several of the electives, and have discussed the matter with a number of the students, and can, perhaps, express the views of many historical students...
...still another by setting lessons and having the students recite, to which is added now and then a lecture by the instructor. Which of these methods is the best I will not attempt to say. When the lectures are delivered by the instructor, the average students, in fact I may say all except a few of the most faithful, are apt to neglect the daily work, and simply to cram their knowledge just before the examinations. As to the second method, it is certain that the preparation and delivery of a lecture by a student does him great good...
...May 2, Prof. H. W. Williams, "Are our Eyes equal to the Demands of a Higher Education...
...manly. The independent man would be a fool if he felt no respect for the esteem of the former, or contempt for that of the latter. Ossip, finally, is wrong when he says that we "merely" say "popularity is the result of insincerity." Our words were : "Popularity may result legitimately from truthfulness, or illegitimately from insincerity." But let us not among these subordinate blunders forget the vital question...