Word: publicly
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...least one quarter from that of previous years; there will be this year, at the most, only thirty. It has always been a matter of regret that more have not thought it worth their while to come to these exercises; comparisons have been made between the attendance at the public speaking in the Boston Latin School and at the speaking for the Boylston Prizes, much to the credit of the former. Now that so few are to speak compared with former years, and those few are to be selected by reason of their excellence, none can plead the length...
...Oxford and Cambridge, and the principal boat-clubs in London, held on April 10, the following definition was adopted: "An amateur oarsman or sculler must be an officer of her Majesty's army or navy, or civil service; a member of the liberal professions; or of the universities or public schools; or of any established boat or rowing club not containing mechanics or professionals, and must not have competed in any competition for either stake, or money, or entrance fee, or with or against a professional for any prize, or have ever taught, pursued, or assisted in the pursuit...
...appearance of the schedule of Annual Examinations is always awaited with interest, and is received with regret or delight as it happens to mar or favor the plans of the undergraduate. Last year the order of the June examinations was not made public until the 18th of May, and constant complaints, the natural outgrowth of this delay, appeared in the College papers. This year the Registrar has anticipated any similar complaints, and has printed the provisional schedule four weeks before the Annuals begin. The generous regard for our comfort and convenience, which has thus been shown by the members...
...glad to think that the Boat-Club is to have this compensation for the loss of their income of past years from theatrical performances. Whether the compensation is adequate depends greatly on the generosity of the students, and we trust that all will love music enough, or be sufficiently public-spirited, to make the concert a pecuniary success by their patronage; that it will succeed as far as the Glee Club and the Pierian can make it, we do not doubt...
...that examination would answer every purpose, - not such examination as we have at present, nor, indeed, the exaggerated English system; but a system which should combine the present method and the English thoroughness and fairness, which should announce merely failure, success, or excellence, and not parade results before the public in a deceitful rank-list...