Word: offing
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Dates: during 1873-1873
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Sarcastically speaking of a person competent to pass such a paper, he says: "Of course it is not for such as he to think of attending any religious duty at the suggestion of another. That would foster in him 'a school-boy spirit,' and, moreover, make him unworthy of his...
Giving the per cent of candidates not admitted to Harvard for the years 1870, 1871, and 1872, he says, "This large number rejected at Harvard only shows that the examination there was rigid, while the larger number rejected at Yale only shows, of course, that the candidates examined at Yale...
Bearing this statement in mind, and taking the specimen copy referred to above, together with the inference, evidently intended to be drawn, that all are of a similar nature, what kind of a set of examination papers would the writer in the Courant leave us to conclude are presented to...
The President in his Report mentions the fact that some of the Middle and Western States contain schools which prepare boys very successfully for admission here. The substance of this part of the Report has certainly been stated in an unfair manner by the writer in the Courant. The President...
Some seem to have an ill-will against Harvard, based on no other ground than the contemptible one of jealousy. There is a certain amount of "growl" to be indulged in by those who are opposed to everything connected with us; the sooner they vent themselves of their spleen the...