Word: signs
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...sign of passion blushing...
...event of interest to all undergraduates is the expulsion of the editor of a college paper by the Faculty of the College of the City of New York for the free expression of opinion with regard to the mode of instruction in oratory. It is a sign, not of strength, but of weakness, in a faculty, if it is obliged to expel students for expressing obnoxious opinions. Either these opinions are well-grounded, or they are not. If they are, is a student to be punished, rather than thanked, for calling attention to what needs reform? If they...
...Irishmen were passing a sign-post, one of them, looking up at it exclaimed to his comrade; "Whist, Mike; thread saftly owver the grave o' the dead. He was farteen years ould, and his name was Miles To Boston." - Spectator...
...admit the advantages of the system. It is easier to throw the dice for per cents than to estimate the true value of a year's work. It saves trouble to read through a book and affix to it a cabalistic sign. On the other hand, it requires care and judgment to note accurately the worth of daily work. But an instructor's estimate of men, not marks, would be the fairer method. Two examinations - one upon entrance, one for a degree - would obviate the difficulties of a continuous struggle for marks; if this change be too radical, let rank...