Word: ranke
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...order to make this list as full as possible, Dr. Sargent wishes all men who can to offer themselves for examination before the first of May, after which time the records, will be worked up and the names and records will be published of all those who have a rank above 675. It is desirable for not only those men who have never been examined to present themselves, but for those who have had previous examinations, for the aim of this list is to show the athletic standing of the men at present, and by that the benefit which...
...lasts until noon; commences again at four and continues till six, with a half-holiday Wednesdays and Saturdays. In addition, an hour in the evening is devoted to preparing the next day's lessons. Marks are given on each recitation under the heads of punctuality, decorum and industry, and rank-lists based on these marks are posted every month. On Sunday everyone must attend church three times and have sacred studies besides, while on week days there is morning chapel and evening prayers...
...Faulkner, '74, is a successful lawyer at Keene, N. H. He held the rank of colonel on Governor Bell's staff...
Such are some of the evils of the competitive system. American educators are now trying to find a method of examinations which will adequately determine the intellectual rank and still not make the examination the "end all" of the students' ambition...
This discussion has a special interest for us who are students. The evils of the present system of examinations are evidently not so developed here as in England; but the system has always been recognized as a possible source of danger in the encouragement it lends to work for rank only. The student of shallow principles and superficial attainments often forgets not only that knowledge is the first object of education, but that honesty is a necessary constituent in the character of a gentleman. Some things are best perceived through their influence upon the objects about them. We know that...