Word: recitatione
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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PROFESSOR to Junior, who comes late to a quarter-past eight recitation: "We thought you were dead, Mr. Blim." Mr. Blim (solemnly): "Not dead, but sleeping." - Ex.
Those who attend the sophomore lectures upon English authors will be sorry to learn that the lectures cannot be continued after the semis. The sophomore English course was so arranged at the beginning of the year that an additional recitation in rhetoric must now be substituted for the lectures.
There was no recitation in Latin 8 yesterday.
There was no recitation in N. H. 6 yesterday. Mr. Faxon will meet the section tomorrow at 10 A. M.
"The old compulsory recitation, with marks, has disappeared. The recitation has become a conference. The student meets his instructor, not because he is obliged to, but because he can master his subject better with his help. The instructor often does the reciting himself, expounding and illustrating his subject, and occasionally...