Word: representation
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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The main object of all our examinations is to test individual proficiency with sufficient definiteness to enable the university to bestow its degrees and honors. Any such testing, however, must evidently be based on the character of individual work; otherwise it is not merely unjust, but it is a farce...
The Indian School at Carlisle Barbarracks, Penn. has increased from 84 pupils, in 1879, to 494 at present; and the students now represent 33 different tribes.
These evils, however, are rarely pointed out. It is taken for granted that everyone realizes them. All students to a certain extent recognize the unfairness of marks, especially when they are made the basis of honors and scholarships. No two instructors give marks on the same standard. A mark in...
Senator Stanford has given orders to deed in trust his three immense ranches, known as Vina, Gridley and Palo Alta, for the endowment of a University and schools about to be erected at Palo Alta. The three ranches comprise 85.000 acres, and represent a value of $3,500,000. It...
The team which will represent '89 at Andover on Saturday will not be the regular freshman team. Several members of the eleven, McKean, Trafford and Morgan, are temporarily laid up. Noble will play full back in this game.