Word: special
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...handled by God is a special mark of favor...
...GRADUATE of many years' standing, who was talking about the associations of college rooms and their influence on a young man's character, said that he thought that, whenever an opportunity occurred for honoring some one who had become very distinguished and had earned a special tribute from his Alma Mater, an oil painting of him should be hung in the rooms he had occupied, to be handed down from year to year as one of the permanent properties of that room. The present state of our finances would, however, make it necessary to find some less costly transmittendum...
...come to his senses some day and try to do better, and when working hard in an examination with perhaps a fair chance of being dropped staring him in the face if he fails to do well, the chances are that any sudden announcement of being put on "special probation," or what not, may be fatal. Let men be told after having passed their examination, or even summon them and then report conditions; but to mention casually to a man writing for dear life with a long paper, a limited time, and an aching and possibly slightly muddled head, that...
...large salaries and the prospect of having students who are intelligent and eager to learn, they hope to attract professors of the highest scholarship, who will be obliged to keep up and give evidence of their learning by publishing from time to time essays on subjects included in their special departments...
...would really desire more than the present allowance, and they are the men the Library should be for. A student in history may want several works of, say, three volumes each, and make good use of them. At present he is limited to but three volumes, unless by special favor. If books are continually called for, it is obviously unjust to permit one man to monopolize them; but when almost all such books are retained now on the shelves, it would increase the benefits of the Library to make exceptions and encourage critical and careful investigation, which a few good...