Word: ought
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...marks of a period of transition. This is seen in the comparatively small estimation in which high proficiency in college studies is held both by undergraduates and by the public at large; for if college education were closely adapted to the needs of the community, excellence of achievement therein ought to be generally recognized as of great value. The transitional nature of existing conditions is seen again in the absence, among instructors as well as students, of fixed principles by which the choice of courses of study ought to be guided. It is seen more markedly still, in the lack...
...individual student ought clearly to be developed so far as possible, both in his strong and in his weak points, for the college ought to produce, not defective specialists, but men intellectually well-rounded, of wide sympathies, and unfettered judgement. At the same time they ought to be trained to hard and accurate thought, and this will not come merely by surveying the elementary principles of many objects. It requires a mastery of something, acquired by continuous application. Every student ought to know in some subject what the ultimate sources of opinion are, and how they are handled by those...
...place, in which smokers, dinners, and other gatherings of all descriptions are habitually held, the Union is indispensable. The restaurant offers good board at prices which compare favorably with those of other places of the same grade. The arrangement made last spring by which accounts may be paid monthly ought to encourage patronage of the dining room, which at best is run at a financial loss...
...Hunt's prize poem, "John Milton," may be regarded as a welcome addition to what seemed to some of us our inadequate celebration of the poet's tercentenary; and it deserves the high praise of being called worthy of its lofty theme. Mr. George Meredith, whom also we ought particularly to delight to honor, since Harvard men were among the first to recognize his peculiar genius, is the subject of the ablest article in the issue. It is not a criticism which can be termed original, learned, or profoundly analytical; but it is an appreciation which, by means of cleverly...
...Proctors," Mr. Kenneth R. Macgowan '11 severely condemns placing proctors in charge of examinations, because that system seems to him humiliating, undemocratic, and unsuccessful. Few will, I think, agree with him. In my opinion, at any rate, cheating in examinations is so rare as to be almost negligible. Nor ought there to be a sense of humiliation because of the presence of a proctor; he is there to protect the honest against the unfair competition of the possibly dishonest. To call that "espionage" is, it seems to me, improper; as well take offence at the mildly inquiring...