Word: showings
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...movement toward a higher and broader system of education in Harvard to day, and in particularly the attempts which are being made this year to rid the present system of puerile restrictions and conditions, show their effect nowhere more forcibly than in some of the examination papers prepared for the present mid-year examinations...
...still remains to be seen whether the college will approve the marking system; for the present Mid-years are its first great and questionable test. And the verdict will be interesting in more ways than one. It will not only show one ideas of the true measure of knowledge but will also be a sort of gauge of our own modesty. For, when a man finds himself ranked with a class, he naturally looks to see who his companions are. If he thinks he is quite as good a scholar as they are he is rather dissatisfied. It is, moreover...
...Show in what way Bo-bo of China, son of Ho-ti, forms a connecting link between Roast Pig and Lamb. Note the peculiar fact that Bo-bo, although certainly not a Jew, was a Giaour. How is this possible; or is it a Buffalo bull...
...Comment on the fact that a turkey is a native of America, and was so named because its wattle was of the color so long known as Turkey red. What does this show as to the age of turkeys? What is the age of this turkey...
...college at the invitation of Col. T. W. Higginson, As there will be between three hundred and four hundred of "Les Trappeurs" in toboggan and snow shoe costumes, would it not be well to agitate the matter of having some of the students meet them and show them the points of interest. I wish you would call attention in your paper to the matter. As you have doubtless noticed, all the toboggan clubs are uniting to make this a very cordial and agreeable reception to the Montreal club and we should be glad to have the co-operation...