Word: needful
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...examinations are of little value on account of the continual advance in the courses and change of instructors, and the corresponding variance in the character of the questions. The constant use which is made of even these old specimens and of the final papers shows the urgent need of a complete collection of recent papers, mid-year as well as final, in all courses in which examinations are held...
...prepared to formulate general statements. From such inductions he proceeds to justifiable deductions. and thence to inductions of higher orders. His most useful instruments of research are hypothesis and experiment. The demands made by the scientific method wherever employed are very numerous, but of these only, four need now be considered: (1) Singleness of purpose, the only object being the attainment of truth. All preconceived notions liable to mislead must be laid aside. (2) Directness of aim. One must not be diverted by other interests. (3) Thoroughness. Every point, however trivial, must be examined carefully, and always with...
...take advantage of them. There are even yet some things that freshmen do not know, and it is a kindness to point out to them that the freshman teams of today will be the 'varsity teams two or three years hence. If our freshman teams are poor, we need have no hope for future intercollegiate victories. Ninety-two, you will be responsible for the successes or defeats of the near future, so seize your opportunities while you have them...
Professor Cooke is too well known as an entertaining lecturer to need any introduction here, and the announcement that he intends to give a series of lectures on different cities in Italy will be welcome news to all who have heard him lecture before on subjects connected with foreign travel. Every year Professor Cooke gives some public lectures and he is always especially anxious to have the members of the freshman class come to hear him, as his remarks often bear upon the work done in the class room. The first lecture of the series will be on the city...
...enter the college for almost a half-century. That this opinion was not sound, has been shown by the way which the large classes of the past few years have been cramped for room. This year especially, it has been proved that the accommodations are utterly inadequate, and the need of more room has become too pressing to be disregarded. At present the largest room in Boylston is occupied by a collection of mineralogical specimens, one of the most valuable in the country, representing a large pecuniary value added to the labor of a life time. The remedy which Professor...