Word: often
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...there happen to be any, and good lessons when called upon to recite. It should be the office of professors and teachers to dispel this erroneous or rather imperfect conception of the means and methods by which an education is to be obtained ; but on the contrary they too often encourage it, because it makes their recitations appear to advantage and saves trouble. It is a lamentable fact, however, that the men in college who are called the best scholars have frequently remarkably poorly furnished minds when they get through. Studying for standing is dangerous. It economizes the mental forces...
...closing let me give you a little bit of advice-if you are "hard up" for matter to fill your daily, as you are often, doubtless, don't lower your august dignity so far as to overstep your own boundaries of common sense if you posses any of that rare article, and show your utter and most deplorable ignorance by criticising your neighbors, who can possibly survive and issue publications annually, as well as daily, weekly, and monthly, without the permission of your high and mightiness...
...very good weather for their match with Wesleyan at Hartford Saturday. The grounds were in very good condition considering the heavy rain which had soaked them for several days. Quite a large number of spectators gathered to see the match and by repeatedly trespassing on the field they often impaired the chances of our backs to run and tackle...
There is one other point in which the catalogue seems to us deficient,- in not printing the examination papers; at least the final papers of the various election courses ought to be given. As it now is, one is often forced to spend 25 or 50 cents for one single paper, which one may only wish to use once or twice. Including these papers in the catalogue, would make it all the more valuable and interesting, besides making it more clearly an exponent and index to the work and aims of the University...
...method of study in higher courses it is certainly invaluable, and it is no more than fair that a man should be permitted to offer his best writing,-writing which is the result of careful investigation and long thought,-as a substitute for forensics, which otherwise must too often be hastily and carelessly written on subject in which one can take no special interest, and to which he is able to devote no special attention...