Word: proportionate
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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The face that he hitherto had seen but indistinctly was growing terribly clear to him. Line by line it assumed form and proportion. He looked and saw an awful phantasm - HIMSELF.
BY the regulations of the Faculty students who are candidates for final honors are allowed to substitute Theses, in their special subjects, for the Forensics of the Junior and Senior years. That this is regarded as a privilege is proved by the large proportion of "honor men" who take advantage...
"A striking proof of the great principle underlying our remarks, can be found in the results of a semi-annual examination, the books for which were recently returned. After patient consideration we have surmised that part of the books were marked fairly. We also have ground for supposing that when...
Now, with such a prospect as this before them, what possibility can there be of getting men of recognized position and ability here for a small salary? The older men here stay from habit, or, it may be, from liking; the younger, because they can't do better. It is...
THE theory of shortening the examination time is that cramming is thereby prevented and more time given to recitations during the year; and this view of the case does not, at first sight, seem unreasonable. But it is extremely doubtful if shortening the period does prevent cramming. On the contrary...