Word: peculiarity
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...knowledge. But these things will carry him no further than courses on chemistry, botany and biology, however useful, would carry a student of medicine. The tissue and substance of the professional training of the forester, just as in the case of the doctor, are quite distinct and peculiar. I do not believe that we have anybody here who could pretend to give this training, and even if we should secure some one to do the teaching, we should still lack proper equipment. It is misleading to speak as if the College, apart from the professional schools, could give the would...
...that, if public schools contributed to the Freshman class their usual proportion of between thirty and forty per cent., they succeeded somewhat better than private schools in sending pupils who weathered the Freshman year. Inquiry shows further that, students from private schools in and about Boston have in College peculiar social distractions...
Among the more important results of the investigations of the past year is the discovery of two new variables, three stars having peculiar spectra and the presence of hydrogen lines in the spectrum of V. Andromeda. The discovery of the variability of light of Eros has added greatly to the value of the early Photographs of that body. Photographs of the spectrum of lightning were obtained last summer for the first time. It is expected that the discovery will open a new field for spectroscopic work...
...simple truth his highest skill." This kind of truth, however, is not the special virtue of the student or of the scholar, and has no more connection with the University than with life elsewhere. Yet thought rather than action is our object here, and so "truth" may be our peculiar motto. The man in public life, for instance, is obliged to overlook minor agreements of opinion in order to put his general theory in practice. For effective public action, compromise with fellow workers is necessary, but the conditions in public life, making compromise necessary, do not favor the pursuit...
Columbia defeated Carlisle 40 to 12 yesterday in a peculiar game. In the first 65 minutes of the game Columbia scored 40 points to none for Carlisle. In the last five minutes Carlisle developed unexpected strength and quickly scored 12 points...