Word: ranking
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...John Suckling, one of the wits of the Elizabethan age, is sprightly and vivacious. The delectable bits of contemporary gossip, anecdote, and biography have all been culled and the result is a literary morsel appetizing to the lover of Herrick and kindred spirits, among whom Suckling holds a high rank...
...impossible to grade the intellectual promise of a man but half-way on the road to the bachelor's degree. Howell in his college work stood above the average but preferred to devote rather more time to reading and general mental culture than was compatible with the highest rank of scholarship. In many respects he was the typical Harvard man. First of all a gentleman, with that innate good breeding man, with that innate good breeding which made his company a pleasure, and with that high sense of personal dignity and honor which commanded the respect of all those...
Professor Ballantine has taken high rank as a practical teacher. His breadth of culture brings him into sympathy with all departments of the college, and it is felt that his election means the development of the college in every direction...
...concert closed with a remarkably spirited performance of Schubert's great C major symphony, which is the only symphony ever composed, except Schubert's other, in B minor, and some of Schumann's, that can rank with the best of Beethoven's. The magnificent passages for the trombones in the first movement, one of the finest things in all orchestral music; the opening passage on the hourns; the half-comic theme of the wood instruments, all were splendidly played. The andante conmoto, a long slow movement, is a trifle monotonous when played on the piano, but in the orchestra, with...
...accordance with the regulation providing for it at any time after the beginning of the second half year. It will be remembered that at the meeting of the alumni society last June the plan of election was, with a two-fold purpose, changed from a strict adherence to rank; first, to permit the choice of men who deserve the honor but have been prevented by illness or other unavoidable circumstances from reaching the requisite rank; secondly, to permit the rejection of those whose marks are good but whose abilities do not promise for the future. This change is substantially...