Word: note
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Prof. Maria Mitchell, of Vassar, recently wrote a note of invitation to a female lecturer saying that "she, as well as all the other girls, would be glad...
...Well, then, I fine you one dollar for disrespect.' Taking out a two dollar note, the student said, with the utmost sang froid, If you will change this, I will pay you on the spot.' 'I fine you another dollar,' said the professor, emphatically, 'for repeated disrespect.' 'Then 'tis just the change, sir,' said the student, coolly...
...Note books and mounts in N. H. 5 must be handed in by Saturday...
...years since the undergraduates at most of our colleges were left to shift for themselves. Now every facility is offered them for exercise of the body, as well as of the mind * * * * from Harvard, with its magnificent Hemenway Gymnasium, down to the smallest "fresh water" college, we note a steady improvement in this all-important branch of culture. Evidently we are soon to realize the time-worn maxim, mens sana in corpore sano...
...custom of holding voluntary one hour examinations, which, we are glad to note, is becoming more general, has much to commend it. By adopting this plan an instructor is enabled to gain an accurate idea of the work being done by his section, without subjecting the students to the worry and annoyance which were the inevitable accompaniments of the old-time required examinations. Those who are up in their work, under the new system, are rewarded by being allowed to omit a portion of some three-hour paper, while the men who feel that a little further preparation would...