Word: research
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...studentship" of the value L100 is to be founded as Oxford in honor of the late Prof. Stanley Jevons, the holder of which shall devote himself to economic or statistical research...
...supply. The small colleges are usually less expensive than the large. Men whose means are limited discover in these institutions the facilities which are suited to their needs; while those who shun excitement find in the same places the calm and the quiet so favorable to meditation and research. It must be apparent that, were the proposed plan carried out, the usefulness of such colleges would be seriously impaired. If the government assumes to educate, it puts an end to private benevolence; and, in building a new structure, it undermines the old. The same logic applies to the universities under...
...extensive circulation and of great influence, in a very favorable note congratulates the university on the progress it has made and the position it has attained. It holds up the Johns Hopkins as a model for the old universities of England to study in the pursuit of original research...
...thesis is written during the year on topics given out by the instructor) certainly had a decided advantage over the other members of the class. These last few unfortunates were supposed to glean as much knowledge from the reading of parts of the various theses, as days of research would give to the respective writers of their theses. It certainly was unfair to ask a question which could be known only to a few, and I hope that the instructor will take this into account when marking the books of those who had not studied up the subject of "Bimetallism...
...astronomical observatory has become, instead of an instrument of actual instruction, a mere means of scientific research, and the knowledge of astronomical science has faded from the minds of the collegian. But still this survival of an old custom has remained to us, and what the former student was required to take perhaps a year's labor to acquire-a knowledge of the elements of astronomy-the present senior is expected to acquire in one evening. To such an extent have the modern methods of education superseded those of the past...