Word: onely
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Dates: during 1873-1873
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...plan of University Lectures, so thoroughly tried last year, was successful enough to warrant its continuance this year, in a modified form. In addition to Professor Agassiz's course, two others are now being given, one by Mr. Samuel Eliot, on the History of the Nineteenth Century (continued), on Saturdays, at ten o'clock, in Boylston Hall; the other by Mr. C. C. Perkins, on the History of Art, on Fridays, at three o'clock, in Boylston Hall...
...free - form a part of the University Course of Lectures, and are given at the Museum of Comparative Zoology on Thursdays, at 3 P. M. The subject is "The Natural Foundation of Zoological Affinity." This opportunity to obtain instruction in a very interesting department of science, from one who unites to great knowledge a clear and vivid manner of presenting his subject, should not be neglected by those who have never heard Professor Agassiz speak; those who have do not need to be reminded...
...choices in the order of seniority? That is, let Juniors have the first choice, Sophomores the second, and so on. In this way every individual would be comparatively sure of enjoying a comfortable room for some part of his course, and we should not find the blessings heaped upon one class of men, and the evils upon another, for the whole four years, as may now happen...
...Evening Post has induced us to give it some attention. A just criticism generally has a healthy tendency, and ought to go far toward correcting those faults which it censures. But an incomplete statement of facts, whether done willingly or ignorantly, a slight investigation where a thorough one is needed, the consideration of a question where prejudice is drawn upon more than common-sense, and from certain premises to draw conclusions entirely foreign to the subject discussed, - are in themselves indications of a lack of valid objections to the object criticised...
...writer in the Courant first attacks the statement that "the examination for admission to Harvard College is at least one year's study higher in standard than the admission examination of any other college in the country," etc. (See Report, page 11.) To disprove this he brings forward a copy of an examination paper on Latin composition, which has in its foot-notes Latin equivalents for most of the English words in the text. He leaves his readers to infer from this single copy that all examination papers presented to candidates for admission to Harvard are of a similar easy...