Word: points
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...some way connected with the University. This imposed necessity limits the choice to a few; graduates, though they have had great experience, are in many cases unwilling to assume the disagreeable position of judge, and thus, frequently, that office must be filled by an undergraduate. This is a point that we wish to make perfectly clear to all, and when this position is understood, men will recognize that it is one of some difficulty. To obviate all trouble and misunderstanding for the future, the Athletic Association will publish shortly a complete set of rules and regulations printed in the form...
...point we tried to bring out clearly was, not why we should have more and better music at Harvard, but why we do not have it. This we traced back to the prevailing lack of energy, for which we could neither account nor propose any remedy...
...matters that seem to him of special importance or of special difficulty, and if he would at the same time expect the students to be prepared to answer questions that he might put to them during the recitation on the ground they had already gone over, making it a point to ask a few questions during each hour, and letting students know that they were marked on their answers, I think that nine tenths of those that now take History would make greater improvement, and find it easier to do faithful work than at present...
...write her "invitation a la chasse" in Latin or Greek. In these languages, and in the other studies of "Ortonville University," she succeeded so well that she obtained a Commencement Part; and we need hardly mention that her subject was, "Woman in the Professions." We leave her on the point of entering a Medical School, hampered by an erst unfaithful, but now repentant lover, whom she has accepted on probation...
...Heavens!" I exclaimed, "that's an attack from a new point with a vengeance...