Word: persons
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...printed on green paper and use red or yellow ink. Such a change would be a general relief. It would take some time as the trade would be hostile at first, but the change is sure to come eventually, bringing relief to the student above all, and to every person who lives in a civilized country...
...writer turns his attention to the elective system, of which he apparently entertains an unfavorable opinion. He says: "General education is a question of the subjects to be taught, special education is a question of the person to be taught. The one depends on what is known, the range of present knowledge, which is not an individual matter; the other depends upon personal choice of a life specialty. A chief purpose of the general or college education is to afford that comprehensive view of the world of knowledge and activities which shall enable the student to make intelligent choice...
EDITORS HERALD-CRIMSON. -Considerable trouble is caused almost every day by the mixing up of hats in the dining hall. It certainly does not beget a person's best feelings to find on leaving the hall that his hat is gone, and in its place there is one much too large or too small for him. If each person would exercise a little care, such mistakes might be avoided, and a good deal of inconvenience done away with...
...hall, hired for the occasion. The platform was decorated with flags, the national coat of arms and other emblems, and was occupied by two or three rows of tables. Down the hall, al right angles to the platform, ran fourteen long tables with about eighty seats apiece. For each person there was provided a pamphlet containing songs, and a mat for the beer glass. The gallery and a number of boxes under it, the latter only elevated a few steps above the floor and admirably situated to receive the benefit of the tobacco smoke, were occupied by spectators, more than...
...frequently misdirected. Now it is only right that every man, when such mistakes occur, should rectify them as soon as possible. Let no one allow a misdirected letter to lie for days on his desk, but let him return it immediately to the post office or to the person to whom it was written. We feel sure that a little care and promptness on the part of the students would prevent any annoyance from all such unavoidable mistakes as must sometimes arise...