Word: par
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...courses in Engineering are now placed on a par with other courses, and follow Mathematics in the pamphlet. The Natural History department has been divided into its three branches, Botany, Zoology and Geology; and the advanced Greek and Latin courses are grouped as Classical Philology. The main feature of the pamphlet is the division of courses into three groups,- those designed primarily for undergraduates, those for graduates and undergraduates, and those primarily for graduates. The courses for undergraduates are open to graduates, but are not ordinarily counted towards any of the higher degrees. To the courses primarily for graduates undergraduates...
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...Winchester, when the audience who alone are the proper judges expressed themselves as entirely satisfied with the singing. (It is fair to state that at this concert the club labored under the disadvantage of having no piano). The second concert at Arlington, was, it is true, below par, but by no means "disgraceful." We are surprised to hear the subsequent dissatisfaction of the audience as no such disapproval was made manifest while the concert was in progress. Finally anyone who heard the club sing on Friday evening must concede that the hearty applause which it received was well merited...
...club that they are ready to resign." We have yet to find any one who considers the record of the club through the autumn and winter as good as its record in recent years. Even the management of the club confess that the Arlington concert was "below par." More than one of members who took part believe that it could be "called nothing else than disgraceful." The concert last Friday evening certainly deserves commendation. If the improvement shown there is continued, we shall have nothing but praise for future concerts...