Word: ordeal
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...system of mid-year examinations. The writer claims that "at the best they are merely a necessary evil." and that they are responsible for the marking system with its bad effects. He argues further that a man would work more stedily and effectively if he had no ordeal to pass through before the end of the year. While this may be doubted, the article contains some interesting suggestions and is well worth reading...
...which would be unheard of elsewhere. The freshmen sat quietly in their places and had their photographs taken as if it was a matter of course. There was not a sophomore to be seen, no reflected light was cast on the group to spoil the picture, and the whole ordeal passed off only less solemly and less soberly than the one through which '88 had just passed...
...examinations, familiarly known as the "makeups." It is a most barbaric mode of torture to keep individuals, who through no fault of their own have to take their mid-years this spring, in complete ignorance as to the precise date when they must prepare themselves for the welcome ordeal. They are all longing to vindicate themselves before their instructors for absence during the last general examination, and it is only fair to let them know when the opportunity shall be accorded. Will not those who have charge of the "make-ups" be considerate enough to take this matter to heart...
...fired with noble frenzy he saw in his mind's eye the faculty dancing about, and one of them just escaping, by the skin of his teeth, from being placed in the bowl. Meanwhile the fire-plug had been gained, and ominous thuds began to tell of the severe ordeal the bowl was undergoing. Incensed, however, at being abused in such a way the fire-plug suddenly began to splutter and spurt, and in less than a minute the crowd was squirted away. This saved the bowl's life. For now the Meds had come and were doing their best...
...hemorrage of the brain artery is the most dangerous one possible, as blood flows to the brain from two directions. The lecturer gave a vivid exposition of these various arteries by painting them on the naked body of a young boy, who stood the ordeal well. The proper place for pressure to stop the flow of blood, are the neck, behind the collar-bone, the inner side of the upper arm, the part over the hip bone, and the inside of the thigh. Hot and cold applications are also...