Word: premium
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...substitute courses amounting to any equivalent number of losses for condition in freshman mathematics. It is no more than fair, inasmuch as he may select subjects congenial to his taste, to require of him a slightly increased mark. As to other conditions, we see no reason why a premium should be set upon laziness by allowing a man who has neglected his work to atone for his faults by attaining a merely nominal mark. In regard to the new requirements for promotion, it will be noticed that the new order of things in reality differs but little from...
...Harvard: For a man with strong talents for one particular science or art, or for him who has mapped in detail his life for years to come, and can call to his assistance the ablest advice in making his selections of studies, the Harvard elective system offers a premium for laziness, and a position among a large and noted alumni at almost no small exertion...
Wanted-Three seats for Hasty Pudding theatricals tonight. Premium if necessary. Apply to Bartlett, Apothecary...
Prof. Macvane has a letter in the current Nation on the "Prospect of a Premium in Gold...
...Macvane has a letter in the current Nation on "The Prospect of a Premium on Gold...