Word: scholarships
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...classes, that habitual absence is prima facie evidence that the student is not fulfilling the purposes of his residence at the University, and calls for inquiry, explanation, and such action as may be found fitted to the special circumstances, and that irregularity of attendance, unless accompanied by good scholarship, is to be treated and regarded in the same way. No scale of penalties is stated, and no precise line of absences or scholarship is given, the design of the rule being to deal with individuals and not with sharply defined classes, and to deal with them by such flexible methods...
...pleasant to observe that the new Bright Scholarships, five in number, each of $ 275.00, were assigned to Freshmen immediately after the Christmas examinations. The Scholarships now available for Freshmen at this early date are eight in number, against three of years past. This year one Matthews Scholarship was also assigned on the merit of the Christmas examinations alone...
...remedy this matter it has decided to admit but twenty-five men from the graduating class. If the Phi. B. K. were nothing more than an ordinary college society, we should say not a word, but admittance to that body has been regarded as a touchstone for ability in scholarship. We do not intend to enter upon an invidious comparison between '81 and '80, from which thirty-nine men were taken for the Phi. B. K., but we cannot consider it otherwise than unfortunate that a society that in 1854 elected sixteen men from a class of forty should...
...flower of all her scholarship, - and bright
...longer compelled to perform part of the functions of the preparatory schools; but much required work has been abolished, and the new method of examining candidates or admission is an important step in the right direction. The new system of conferring degrees, though somewhat elaborate, tends to encourage sound scholarship. Many valuable additions have been made to the elective courses; the extension of the graduate courses is a broadening move; and the establishment of a chair of the Chinese language and literature, with a native professor, goes far towards convincing the public that Harvard is becoming a true university...