Word: questionability
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Dates: during 1873-1873
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...give a long dissertation on the ground of a Grecian author's choice of the infinitive with av instead of the optative. It was supposed that the average student had sufficient general knowledge of grammatical principles, after four or five years of careful preparation, to dispense with comments and questions on the syntax of ordinary sentences; and was able, if not invariably to have every grammatical term at his tongue's end, at least to have enough familiarity with the fundamental principles of the language in question to apprehend the meaning of a sentence, without dissecting it with the critical...
...changed, and the fine scholar, before he graduates, is honored with general respect. Various circumstances combine to cause this change, but all have their root in reflection upon the part of the students. They see that men of learning are esteemed in society; or perhaps they ask themselves the question, "What am I to do after graduating?" Any such thing does all that was necessary, that is, excites thought; then the boyish prejudices by degrees grow weak, and a new public sentiment, more favorable to scholarship, takes their place. Unless the students really feel the necessity or the dignity...
With naught to question or confess...
...affirmed by some that if a student told the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, he would receive a greater penalty for his misconduct in question than if he were guilty of a falsehood and were even detected in it, simply because of his boldness in making the confession of his guilt. Instances seem to bear this statement out. The custom of believing a student's testimony only in case it is damaging to himself we hope will be less sanctioned in the future, and that hereafter he will be placed more on an equality with others...
There are those in college whose opinion we respect, though it is likely to be unfavorable to us. They are interested in important social and literary questions, and would gladly discuss them in a college paper or magazine. It is possible they may be dissatisfied with us because we do not offer the opportunity. Let them, however, consider the matter candidly. The Yale Lit. is of the character proposed. As a rule it is "intolerably dull" - we use the Courant's words - in those parts where it differs from less pretentious periodicals. The same was true of similar magazines formerly...