Word: pointed
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...himself. Then, when it is time to reap the fruit of this study of his mind and conscience, he acts. In other words, internal activity precedes external activity. Owing to this ability of looking into himself, the German in his scientific works is comprehensive, systematic, systematic, and to the point. His process of going to work is as follows: He takes a wide subject and divides it into special topics, defining each, and limiting it so as not to encroach on another. He then chooses his topic, and works to exhaust it. When his topic has become exhausted, the knowledge...
...permission to enter the class races next spring. This certainly seems a wise stand to take, and we have no doubt that all who think the matter over will agree with it. There is barely room in the course rowed every year for four crews, especially at the starting point, and a fifth crew would seriously inconvenience all. This is a very strong ground for refusing. And in the second place, a crew from the Law School made up of older men, some of whom are experienced oarsmen, would tend seriously to discourage the interest in the races among...
...better even than the one used by Virgil. The subject matter of the poem, too, has been thoroughly illumined by the united learning of many eminent scholars; mythology, likewise, is better understood, as is also the civilization of the Homeric age. So that with improved helps and a better point of view we are prepared to do good work in the study of Homer...
...maintained an annual average of even three. Yale leads the list with an average of two. It appears that the number of students belonging to this group has diminished since the establishment of the three-years' course; but that it has reached its lowest point and is now on the increase. It is only in students of the first division, namely, graduates of Harvard, that there has been a growth in numbers. In this group the increase has been great, but not more so than that of the college classes...
...changes of standard have developed the fitting schools of high grade into what are colleges in all but name, and they have raised the average age of college graduates to such a point that candidates for the professions can not complete college and professional training at an earlier age than...