Word: sevens
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...less change from year to year will be necessary. It has ended the conflict between prescribed and elective courses in the collegiate department by the substitution of the "group system," which has been adopted at Bryn Mawr College. Almost every young man will find that one of these seven avenues to a Bachelor's degree will prevent him from wasting time, and he has more than sufficient choice of studies to make it certain that he is not asked to devote himself to an uncongenial task to a greater extent than is good for him. These seven courses go under...
People outside of our sacred precincts form judgments about our college and her work in the same way as the seven blind men received their impressions of that object of interest to them, the elephant...
...similar manner, outsiders have very many conflicting and curious views in regard to Harvard College; and these ideas in many cases are based on just such a superficial knowledge of the reality as had the seven blind men of the elephant...
...second half year the work in English 12 will be as follows: Eight themes, the first due Feb. 18, and after that every alternate Thursday till the annuals. The first seven of these themes are all to deal with some particular topic, which, for the purpose in hand shall be divided into six distinct parts...
Prof. William C. Dole, instructor of the Cornell gymnasium, on New Year's day broke the world's record for a continuous swinging of Indian clubs. He swung the clubs for four hours and fifty minutes. Each club weighted seven pounds, one ounce...