Word: presented
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...passages by a pencil-mark. But in works of fiction many dash their pencils recklessly along a paragraph that strikes their fancy at the moment. This is almost always done when alone in a sort of friendly social feeling toward the next reader, and because there is no one present to share the reader's delight! Did you ever see a man mark a book? No, because if any one is present, the passage is read aloud and gives the reader as much, or rather more pleasure than marking it would...
...allowed to use certain books in the Library. We hear the aggrieved ones talking about an index expurgatorius, about treating the students as school-boys, and about the true purpose of the Library. Now, whatever cause for complaint there may have been formerly, there seems to be little at present. There are, as naturally there must be, some books in the Library that students should be restricted from using. There are rare copies that must be kept from all risk of loss, and costly bindings unfit for careless use. The wisdom of forbidding the circulation of such books is evident...
...Class of '79. He was well known as a brilliant scholar, and his misfortune is the result of overwork. This calamity brings forcibly to our minds the sad cases of last year, and once more suggests the danger to which our most ambitious students are liable. The present absurd manner of marking discourages many students from doing hard work; but to those who are dependent on scholarships, and are conscientious enough to elect difficult courses, it offers strong temptation. To such students the lesson of this new calamity cannot be too strongly emphasized...
...subject of scholarships in the President's Report, and the fact that many of the Junior class have just been writing forensics on the propriety of throwing them open to those who are not in need, makes this a very suitable time for the further discussion of our present system of scholarships. In another column will be found a communication from a graduate, and we shall be glad to welcome any intelligent discussion of the subject. It is evident that it is not closed by the President's Report. He has shown, to be sure, that the results...
WITHOUT doubt marks play altogether too important a part in the ideals of many students; but the fault is as much that of the Faculty as that of the students. It is to be regretted that the present condition of the University will not permit the abolition of all systems of definite marks. But though such a reform cannot be accomplished for many years to come, the Faculty might give some relief, or at least boldly face the evil. It is well known throughout the college that the two deaths of last year were the result of reckless overwork...