Word: offing
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Dates: during 1873-1873
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Few people, however, appreciate the difficulties under which the University labors in attempting to increase the thoroughness and extent of its teaching.
Our work, as a whole, is meant to show no affectation of fine writing, nor does it lay claim to literary excellence. The Advocate has this ground by right of possession; we do not attempt to rival it in jeux d'esprit, or in cunningness of speculation, or otherwise poach...
College journalism has a borrowed vice. Young men, getting a pen into their hands, use it recklessly in spite of the warning of good taste. They forget that they pretend to be gentlemen, hence unpleasant contests. Hard words, we believe, should be reserved for those cases where men wilfully persist...
There are those in college whose opinion we respect, though it is likely to be unfavorable to us. They are interested in important social and literary questions, and would gladly discuss them in a college paper or magazine. It is possible they may be dissatisfied with us because we do...
THE most noticeable feature of the Report this year, as of the last two, is the record of the attempts made to raise the standard in the different departments of the University. The requirements for admission and graduation have been made stricter, and the number of teachers has been largely...