Word: nearest
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...students. He remarks : To those who object to the students' petition that to grant it would be to violate the purposes for which the college was founded, as expressed in the motto on its seal, Christo et Ecclesiae, the petitioners may reply that the oldest college seal, the one nearest the foundation of the college, had the simple but comprehensive motto, Veritas; and in the name of truth, they make their petition. Or, if the incongrous present seal be still held across their request, it would be in order for them to remind the objectors that he for whose glory...
...examination books; grading of students by general classes instead of by exact numerical values, all of these are possible improvements over the present system. Objections, however, can be raised against all of them. There is no just marking symtem that is suited for Harvard's elective system. The nearest approach to justice would be an abolition of numerical marking no exact grading of students, but a general ranking by classes, such as: those not passed, those conditioned, those passed, - with credit, - with great credit, - with the greatest credit. Honors could be assigned to those standing in the upper classes...
...comparative independence of a microscopist from an elaborate stand arises from the fact that the true value of his work is due to his experience and the magnifying power of the lenses which he uses. The objective, or system of lenses nearest the object, and ocular or system nearest the eye, are the two parts upon which this magnifying power depends, the burden of the work always being put upon the objective...
While the Lampoon is indulging in its glowing delineations of the all powerful conference committee, and while we feel a just pride in the work of the committee, the conference committee of one of our nearest neighbors is doing its best to discuss "some points of French grammar" and to pass motions for adjournment. The conference committee of Williams is exhibiting a marvelous propensity for wasting time, and each meeting of the committee is a repition of the futile efforts of the last to accomplish something. It is simply apalling to consider the amount of learned thought which is displayed...
...evening in Sever 11 to hear Prof. Paine's lecture and illustrations on Beethoven. The lecturer began with a short sketch of the stormy and unhappy life of the greatest of all musical geniuses,- his unhappy boyhood, and still more miserable manhood, embittered by the heartless conduct of his nearest relations, and by that premature deafness which shut him out from all the world of musical sound. Several interesting anecdotes were given of his eccentric habits. In his works he carried the art of music to its highest perfection, excelling in every branch. In orchestral music, especially, he holds absolute...