Word: possesses
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...need the additional work of looking up and studying a subject, which is arbitrarily given out by the instructor, be added to that which the student already has? Why should not all men who are interested in some special study be allowed to make use of the knowledge they possess in these studies, for the writing of Theses, as the honor men already do? In fact, under the present system of Forensics a student must do double work. He must first study his subject (in nine cases out of ten one which is entirely new to him) and then write...
...have devolved upon the corporation the constant care of deposits, large in the aggregate, belonging to individuals in their service, liable consequently to taxation and attachment, and conferring upon the owners a right of criticism and complaint touching the financial management of the University, such as no individuals now possess. The second plan was simpler, called for no sacrifice of present income on the part of the professors, and laid no new responsibilities upon the corporation; after being before the professors and assistant professors for several months, and receiving their almost unanimous approval, it was entered upon the records...
...important topics of the times; we might have fewer bookworms and more students; and we might have a larger attendance at University concerts and lectures. Should we not, by such a change, gain in average standing, and would not that "indifference" on the part of those who do not possess extraordinary ability speedily disappear...
COPIES of the first number of the present volume of the Crimson are much desired, and all who possess such copies, and do not care to preserve them, will confer a great favor by leaving them at Sever's, where twenty-five cents apiece will be paid for them...