Word: scholar
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...other words, is the scale on which Final Honors are given a fixed one, or does it vary with each class? The result of the last examinations tends strongly to show the scale is a variable one, and that it is the worst of misfortunes for a good scholar to be in the same class with an extraordinary scholar, such as '81 possesses...
...University for the refusal of the Doctor to come to America. Dr. Sievers is one of the highest authorities in Europe on German philology; and if Harvard had needed nothing but a professor in German philology, no one would have regretted more the failure of securing such a strong scholar than the Crimson. But it seems the Corporation, in its anxiety to get high authorities in their proper departments for our University, has allowed itself for the present to forget the actual needs of Harvard. What we do need is an instructor to fill the place of Dr. Hedge...
...Comment. Professor T-y is unquestionably, assuredly, and immeasurably the highest and loftiest Hebrew scholar of his age. He stands head and shoulder above his contemporaries and the men of his age. In the name of the students of Harvard College, ay, in the name of the people of Cambridge, we offer thanks for this golden opportunity of listening to Harvard's greatest Oriental linguist and Hebrew scholar...
...rough, unkempt scholar...
...revised edition of which is to be issued shortly by Messrs. Macmillan & Co., says: "The same author's Moods and Tenses of the Greek Verb has already made a name for itself in this country; but his Grammar is as yet unknown here. Such a work from a scholar of recognized eminence on the subject will, no doubt, attract attention...