Word: questionable
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...important question for the graduating class: "What...
...question has been raised as to whether a man conditioned at a mid-year examination in a required study, - History, for example, - may not be allowed to pass off his condition at the Fall examination for anticipating the subject, instead of being obliged, as now, to wait till February. This question is under consideration by the Faculty, and will probably be decided at its next meeting...
...furnish an excuse for the rather startling proposition at the head of this article: Note-Books at Examination. In college life we can master but little, yet we can learn where to look for a great deal. Whether our attention is sufficiently turned in that direction is a question I would candidly ask. Many an hour spent on rereading and memorizing notes when we have already sufficient understanding to use them as a work of reference, could be far more advantageously spent on subjects connected with our study. Notes on this outside reading would be so much more available knowledge...
...Cadet.WE learn from the Cornell Times, that the long-mooted question whether Cornell is to have a crew or not has been decided in the affirmative. "As now composed, the crew row as follows: Miss Thomas, '75, Miss Ladd, '75, Miss Tilden and Miss Bruce, '77, with Prof. Byerly (Harvard) as coxswain. The crew will practise every afternoon at the usual time...
...time for recitation, and that they have a religious influence. Through its President, the College has declared that it is satisfied, from experience, that the omission of morning prayers influences neither the attendance at the first recitations, nor our good order and discipline. Since this question concerns the College alone, it is entirely disposed...