Word: ranke
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...acute pneumonia, after an illness of two weeks. He was a native of Ningpo, and came to this country in 1879. He was appointed professor of Chinese at Harvard for three years, commencing Sept. 1, 1879. In China he belonged to a family of high rank, was a mandarin of the third grade and held several important government positions at Ningpo. He was a sub-prefect, and by imperial promotion was made prefect. Since he came to Cambridge he has had three pupils, one of whom has studied under him two years, another about a year, another five months...
...recurrence of examinations invites attention again to our system of marking at Harvard. During the interval between the mid-years and the annuals, we are gradually informed as to the results of the first examinations, while the annual rank-list gives the results for the year. Many men are studying with special objects in view, and in the conditions under which scholarships and honors are granted, we often find an entirely arbitrary standard of excellence. There are always men "on the line" who are exultant in case of success, but who suffer corresponding grief in case of failure; in both...
...conceive, in the general practice of giving men their marks after each examination. The distinctions engendered are trivial in reality, but are usually the cause of much dissatisfaction, except to those happy-go-lucky creatures who do enough work to pass with certainty, and do not care for high rank. By certain general groupings - "very good," "good." "fair," etc., down to "not passed" - a sufficient distinction might easily be made in point of scholarship. If a man is working for honors, and deserves them, let him be informed of his success, and the man who fails may also be made...
...would be for the benefit of Harvard to have rival universities of the same rank throughout the country. An admirable feature of German student life is that no student ever passes his entire university life at one institution. He passes one or two semesters at this university and at that, and, perhaps, in the course of his studies, attends half a dozen universities, thus studying under the most famous professors in the branches he is pursuing, gaining the direct influence of the best thought of Germany, besides attaining a wide experience in all parts of his fatherland. It will...
...purchase of collections for remote and general purposes, and the reconstruction of costly buildings." It is partly in consequence of this policy and of a strenuous striving to apply its generous funds to the best apparent uses that institution has been able in so short a time to rank among the very first of American universities. It has been visibly the case with her that men and quality of instruction have gone before unwieldy buildings, constructed mostly for the future, and expensive equipments "for remote purposes." On the other hand, several years ago there was great complaint among the friends...