Word: passed
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...richness of the field is rather a drawback than an aid, for it is seldom that one is reduced to a "Hobson's choice." The subjects to be "read" upon are so varied, so alluring, so rich, that only the man of fixed purpose, or of one idea, can pass through a couple of years without wasting some valuable time outside of his specialty. The method of instruction is by lectures in every case where it is possible. There are certain courses which each candidate for a degree must hear before presenting himself for examination. A record of these...
...friend is valuable, but a fixed purpose and the wisdom to avoid outside allurements is of still greater advantage. In applying for admittance it is by no means necessary to show an American degree, for no attention is paid to it, but the man who would enter without a pass from Washington, will have a hard time of it. Whether this is a reflection on our colleges or not is a question that the writer cannot decide. Any one of proper age, armed with a pass, can gain the advantages of university lectures, owing to what appears...
...professional teams of known reputation, they can scarcely be said to associate haphazard with whatever "gaming association" comes along. The evils that are said to arise from intercourse with professionals have never been clearly defined, and a clear definition of them is necessary before any judgment ought to be passed upon college athletics. There is a decided objection to professionalism creeping into athletics, but hitherto its advances have been so slight and have been met with so much disfavor by college men who manage athletics that any reform may be safely trusted to their hands. Such a sentence...
...held the pass at Thermopylx?" demanded the teacher. And the editor's boy at the foot of the class spoke up and said, "Father, I reckon; he holds an annual on every road in the country that runs a passenger train...
...never speak as we pass by. He flunked me in an examination...