Word: passing
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...effort is being made at Washington, to pass a law reducing the postage on all college catalogues and publications, together with those of missionary societies, to the pound rate, making it about one sixth of the present cost. - Yale News...
...practice in writing. Twelve themes are prescribed for the sophomore year, and six for the junior year. In addition, the course in forensics has been much changed. Ten lectures in argumentative composition are given, while both seniors and juniors are required to write a forensic, a thesis, and to pass an examination in writing essays off-hand. Moreover, English XII has been established for those who are unable to take English V; and in both of these elective courses daily themes are required. So in the composition courses there is but little to find fault with. Possibly it might...
Moreover, several of the colleges of higher reputation, such as Corpus, Balliol, Oriel, New College, Christ Church, make that examination sufficiently severe "to be a test of the candidate's being likely to pass the honor B. A. examinations of the university in at least one school...
...more important point to make clear to your readers is that no matter what the special rules of each college may be, every student must pass three examinations by the university examiners, before obtaining the ordinary B. A. degree; and the first of these viz. "Responsions" has to be passed within the first two terms of residence, and is practically an entrance examination of a very respectable character, to which all students are subject...
...with some, lack of time with others. The average business men and the average high school boy are better posted upon every day happenings than the great majority of students. To remedy this defect in our education and to give men a clear understanding of those events which soon pass into history, it has been proposed by some that a course in contemporaneous history should be given. The great objection to this plan, which naturally arises, is the folly of attempting to do in this way just what the newspapers are every day doing. The lecturer must depend upon...