Word: properity
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...reason for this new method of regulating attendance, lies in the fact that each instructor is much better qualified to limit allowable absences than was formerly any central authority, however competent. Then, too, in case of an overstepping of this limit, he will best know how to enforce the proper amount of attendance by depriving the offender of the privileges of the course...
...matter stands thus between Yale and Princeton: Last year Princeton could not play on the usual ground, New York, on account of a faculty regulation. So she played in New Haven. This year the regulation still exists, the rumor mentioned in the article to the contrary. It would seem proper, therefore, that Yale should take her turn, and play the game at Princeton. It is, to say the least, a slightly indelicate proceeding, to send delegates to have a part in a friendly meeting, and then directly they return, repudiate their actions, and take a needless stand. We sincerely hope...
...short interval of about five minutes when the door is open for the entrance of the incoming class. The consequence of this is that the air becomes so foul that it is injurious for the health of the instructor as well as the students. A little attention to the proper ventilation of the rooms will prevent any serious consequences which may happen in the future...
...then the Conference Committee is to exist another year on the same basis as before, the unpopularity will naturally increase and as it loses status among the students, the effectiveness of the committee will be proportionately diminished. It seems that the proper remedy would be either to give the committee more power, which seems by far the most advisable solution, or to dispense with its services altogether as to make the students thoroughly understand that the committee is nothing more than a debating society where undergraduate opinion may be expressed without reason or responsibility, for if one's schemes...
...believed that by a journal on this plan, combining some of the advantages of the review, the monograph, and the magazine, much valuable work which is now lost for the want of a proper medium may be brought together and saved, a stimulus may be given to scholarly research and discussion, and important assistance afforded to those who are interested in the solution of the great economic, financial and social questions of the day. And with this belief your co-operation and support are invited with confident hope...