Word: roll
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...perfectly excusable, but for a man to leave simply because he finds the lecture rather dry or because he is rather sleepy, is rude to both lecturer and fellow students. If a man goes with the idea of leaving in the middle of the hour, or soon after the roll call, to say the least he shows himself off in no very good light. So much for courtesy among the students. On the side of the lecturers, is it not their duty to be prompt in closing their lectures and not to keep their sections three, five or more minutes...
...system of taking attendance in the larger courses in college is certainly a great improvement on the old system of calling the roll and having "spotters." With a hundred names or more on the list, the calling of the roll is a long and tiresome ordeal for both instructor and student. But the new system, that of having the men sign their names on slips of paper at each recitation, is certainly a relief to the instructors and, we may well suppose, not at all disagreeable to the monitors...
...their progress. The "down" was so near the line that Coxe was able to force it over by his weight and make a touchdown. Richards failed to kick a hoal. Score, 32-0. The ball thus remained at Harvard's end so that a run by Terry and a roll-around (nothing can better express the motion), by Coxe, soon brought it near the line, still in Yale's hands. Harvard watched for a force through, but, instead, Coxe got it and ran around, making a touchdown. No goal was kicked, and the score...
...English 7 is an excellent one and should be adopted by all the instructors whose courses are numerously attended. In sections like Sophomore Rhetoric, Natural History 4, French 1, and many others of a similiar size, much valuable time is lost in the useless occupation of calling the roll, In many of these courses fully ten minutes is wasted by the instructors in this wearisome work.The plan adopted by Prof. Palmer is to allow each member of the section to hand in a piece of paper at stated periods with the number of avsences written upon it. In this simple...
...popular demonstrations" with which we have been almost nightly favored. The parades of the "Mugwump Zouaves," and kindred ephemeral armies, imposing though they undoubtedly were, became decidedly boresome as the season wore on. It seemed as if their martial music, like that of the traditional British drum, would roll on unceasingly. But this noisy nuisance, thankfully let it be said, is now over, and only the minor noises will interrupt the solitude of the ancient square until the nine begins to roll up its victories next spring. Then our Western friend will learn what real noise is: yes, and help...