Word: modeling
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1880-1889
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...president was abroad, and his house being vacant was again put at the disposal of the sick man. The liability of such cases again occurring led to the erection of the college hospital. The hospital was built under the direction of prominent physicians, and is, accordingly, a model in every respect. Like all modern hospitals it is only one story in height, that being found to be the best for perfect ventilation and quick heating. There are two large rooms or wards, with two small rooms and bath-rooms adjoining. By this arrangement two different diseases can be treated here...
...thing is plain. Cornell must again assert itself as independent of any American model, or ever hold itself in its present position. Yale and Harvard are infinitely above us and always will be so, unless we follow a course distinct from theirs. We cannot compete with them on their own grounds. Cornell must take an advanced position, or be left in the lurch...
...Oxford Magazine, of which five numbers have already appeared, we at last recognize the model college publication. Uniting in its management members of both graduate and undergraduate departments and admitting to the privileges of its columns students as well as professors, it fills a place in college journalism that is occupied by no publication in this country. The only attempt at journalism at all similar, the Harvard Register, failed because it could not be said to represent the undergraduate or the instructor. Although largely filled with contributions from the pens of professors, it was compelled to yield to an official...
Oxford and Cambridge were originally formed on the model of the French universities. They are however, so old themselves that the resemblance is now scarcely perceptible and they have an existence, government and manner of life entirely their own. In regard to their history it is sufficient to recall the fact that the colleges or halls sprang into existence about the sixteenth century. Originally they were merely inns for the convenience of those who wished to economize, and could do so better by living in company. A few students, with a graduate of good standing, could start a college, that...
...best sense an aristocrat. Those who begin work at thirteen, and those that are born not to work at all, are alike his inferiors. He should be able to spread light all around. He it is that may stand forth before the world as the model...