Word: ruling
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...deal of justice that these degrees offer no criterion by which the merits of the recipients can be judged. When we think, however, of the vast differences which prevail in standards and in methods, we must be convinced that it is impossible at present to lay down any common rule by which degrees are to be awarded. But it is very surprising to find sometimes that degrees of the same grade granted by the same college do not always mean the same thing. This is true of the degree A. M. given by Harvard. A graduate of the college...
EDITORS DAILY CRIMSON:- "H. H. D.," who wrote about college honor and proctors in your columns, Wednesday morning, must remember that in the mid-years and annuals no individual instructor can depart from a rule laid down for all. It is only by being indiscriminatingly applied that supervision by proctors carries no possible offence. One-hour examinations are optional with the several instructors, and may, I suppose, be optionally managed...
...Adolphus" has laid open to severe criticism not only himself but the class which he claims to represent. In the first place I should like to ask how many college examinations our friend has gone through in the course of his long experience? Is he any exception to the rule that all school boys just out of leading-strings are beyond noticing anything in their first examination but their own chance of getting an A plus? Does the interesting fact that he would read manuscripts not addressed to him, make such an act justifiable? By what power does he voice...
...hatred still makes men ready to believe anything bad which may be said of it, while they refuse to credit any representations to the contrary. Then, too, we have more rich men's son's here than any other college possesses, and rich men's sons are, as a rule, wild and extravagant, and by their actions tend to bring the whole college into disrepute. The chief reason, however, for our "bad eminence" is the readiness which the newspapers show to discredit all colleges, and Harvard, as the largest, gets the greatest share. There is a natural hostility between college...
...latest style of ulster or neck-wear. He is supposed to pass his examinations by means of assiduous "cramming" for several days before the examination, striving merely to get a mark which will prevent his getting "dropped." Few give us credit for the downright earnest work which is the rule here, not the exception. The men who spend their time in Boston (there are a few) are typical of but a small class. The majority of Harvard students are hard workers. We are aware that we have not reached the standard of perfection, but we object to having the reputation...