Word: overtaxed
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...substance of the majority of the lectures which are given could be got by the student far better and in far less time from books which are readily available, and most lecturers, in attempting to 'cover the ground' in a given number of lectures, greatly overtax the capacity of their students by assimilating by ear long chains of fact and argument. There is a case for special lectures given by the expert for the purpose of expounding and testing a new discovery; there is a case for the popular lecture as a means of arousing attention; but there...
...diamond. Far off in Cambridge only the fame of the CRIMSON is heard. The score was 16 to 14. All Lampy's bombs, jeers, kicks, jokes (?), beer, cheers, and bean blowers were of no avail before the cool experts of the pride of American journalism. Nothing could overtax the nerve of the men who had braved the terrors of Memorial Hall's fishballs. Small fry from the streets cheered for their witty brothers, drank with them, blew beans for them, fired dreadful paper salutes for them. Dainty litterateurs from the attic of the Union nobly stood by their side when...
...More than eight hours labor does not overtax the manual laborer; e. g. farmers, railroad men, explorers...
...German readings. The popularity of the German courses shows the interest in that language which is felt by the students at large. A course of translations and readings from the higher novelists would aid materially in vivifying our German study. We do not want to propose what will overtax the already burdened German department, but we can promise, in behalf of the students, that any effort in the direction of a course of evening readings, will be appreciated...