Word: possessed
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...definitely prescribed, and is controlled by frequent examinations. French teaching is confined to that which is clearly established, and transmits this in a well-arranged, well-worked-out manner, which is easily intelligible, and does not excite doubt nor the necessity of deeper enquiry. The teachers need only possess good receptive talents. Thus in France it is looked upon as a false step when a young man of promising talents takes a professorship in a faculty in the provinces. The method of instruction in France is well adapted to give pupils, of even moderate capacity, sufficient knowledge for the routine...
...trust that the seniors sincerely appreciate the great privilege offered to them exclusively of inspecting the observatory of the college on certain specified evenings of this month. None of the various ceremonies which give indication of the near departure of a graduating class possess deeper significance than this one. The visit to the observatory may be regarded as the very crowning of the four-years' monument of study erected by every student of the college-as the final "finishing off," to use the phrase of the young ladies' seminary, of his college life. If the origin of the custom were...
...condition, strength, in fact any thing that refers directly or indirectly to the crew, their rowing and their boat, are regarded as impertinent at Yale, and are never answered. Consequently the members of the crew appear to their college mates as something above the ordinary run of mortals, who possess untold mysteries and secrets that are invaluable. As far as getting any information whatever about the crew is concerned, one might as well be a Harvard as a Yale man. A ridiculous air of mystery and secrecy, which is only equalled by that which surrounds the senior societies, pervades...
...matter of the regulation of the price of board and the general management of the hall. This is certainly not a trivial ground on which to base the demand for his removal. It is absolutely essential to the successful management of the hall by the students that the steward possess their entire confidence. Moreover, that the present condition of the hall seems more satisfactory than it was under the steward who preceded Mr. Balch, is no proof that it cannot be still further bettered. It is our belief that it is mainly due to the prospect of a change...
...learning so much as the influence of the men who have gone out from their walls, carrying with them deep and lasting veneration and love for the alma mater. If they have the impress from the college on their characters and manners of generous and elevating instruction, and possess some peculiar, fine flavoring of life, derivable from its distinctive qualities, they will prove living epistles in its behalf and interest known and read of all men; and, if it has bound them to it in vital bonds of affection, they will be very much given to holding themselves...