Word: ranke
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...showed less capacity than Columbus. While he talked a great deal in Spain about making converts of the poor souls, yet it is to him that we trace the Spanish law which allowed every colonist to exercise the vilest absolute power over as many natives as his means and rank entitled him to hold...
...Deturs are awarded each year to sophomores, on the basis of their standing at the end of their freshman year, and to such others of the upper classes who made a sufficient improvement in their marks for last year. The names are given in the order of their rank. They are as follows...
...that routine work is too characteristic of the present grammar-school system due to the prescribed courses almost entirely, rather than to any fault of the teachers. The prescriptions of the course prevent a bright boy from advancing faster than any other. He may of course attain a higher rank but he must stay in the same division with the dull boy. In consequence under this compulsory system the dull boy lowers the age of matriculation of the whole class. These new changes will reward the work of all with due promotion and the brighter boys will not be chained...
...University of Wisconsin has adopted the system of allowing one-tenth absences from recitation. Students obtaining a rank of 85 per cent. are exempt from examinations...
...Does not Calderon's continual disregard of all the "Unities" justly exclude him from the rank of great Dramatic Poets? (Consult Ticknor's History of Spanish Literature on "Unities," on "The Dramatic School of Hofe de Vega," and (passim) on "Calderon...