Word: often
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1880-1889
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...same thing. This is true of the degree A. M. given by Harvard. A graduate of the college may obtain this degree by pursuing for one year a course of study under proper direction. The amount of work required is generally the equivalent of four regular courses. Candidates have often done irregular and desultory work and yet obtained the degree. If, on the other hand, a graduate enters the Law School, he must apply himself very closely for three years, and at the end of the courses pass his examination with high credit in order to obtain this same degree...
...Drops at the full reach. Jerks with arms. Time often bad. Is not up to his last year's form. Irregular in his work...
...disgrace of being defeated in the presence of an assembled nation was as bitter as the honor of being crowned was great. Besides the drill-grounds and the public gymnasia-of which every town had one or two, and where the complete apparatus for all public sports was often combined with free baths and lecture halls-the larger cities had associations for the promotion of special favorite exercises. Wrestling, javelin-throwing, running, leaping, pitching the quoit, riding, driving, climbing ropes, shooting the arrow, were all practiced by amateur clubs, each one devoted to its special form of games. The dominant...
...increased care is used in the preparation of the food. One change, which was recommended by the CRIMSON, has already been made. The regular set bill of fare has been changed as far as possible and is varied from day to day, with excellent results, while additional dishes often appear at breakfast. The directors endeavor to remove the causes of complaint whenever possible. As an instance, several additional pounds of coffee are now used every day to remedy the weakness of the coffee which was objected to. Airing the hall more, so that the unpleasant odor...
...Medical School is completely protected by its admission examination against uneducated students; because the faculty does not admit special students, except in peculiar cases. Between twenty and thirty persons are often admitted to the Medical School in June through the examinations, and as many more in September...