Word: penalize
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Dates: during 1880-1880
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...remark that after the Freshman year there was no discipline at Harvard, Dr. Peabody said that in a prehistoric term he had been a tutor at Harvard, and that then, with about 200 students under them, the Faculty spent the greater part of their time in administering penal discipline. Now, with the number of students largely increased, such a case of discipline happens not once in three months. He was happy to say that the student is no longer a savage, but a civilized being. It is true, he remarked, that after the Freshman year there are no proscribed studies...