Word: special
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...This day, for special reasons, the valedictory poem and oration were performed. The order of the day was this: At ten the class walked in procession to the President's, and escorted him, the professors, and tutors to the Chapel, preceded by the band playing solemn music...
...cause, absent from such an examination, the subject of that examination will stand against him as a condition, to be removed in the usual way by performing the corresponding work in some subsequent year. A student, however, whose absence from examination is excused, may, if he prefer, obtain a special examination; but the maximum mark at any such special examination will be only sixty per cent of the maximum mark of the examination for which it is substituted...
...China. We are informed by Mr. Drew that since 1860 the Chinese government has intrusted the collection of its revenue from foreign trade to a department officered by foreigners. Its primary purpose is the collection of revenue; but its peculiar and intimate relations with Chinese officials give it special opportunities, and a powerful influence in promoting the development and progress of China in a great variety of ways. At the head of the organization is the Inspector-General, who resides in Peking, with a staff of secretaries, interpreters, and clerks; and a Commissioner of Customs, with his staff of assistants...
There is in France, it is true, a school of commerce, several schools of agriculture, one or two schools of the arts and trades; but these are special professional schools, just as there are military or naval academies. They form no part of the national system of education. This is so true, that they do not hold from the minister of public instruction, but respectively from the ministers of commerce, agriculture, and public works...
...have a more severe character, - with such the reasoning is superior to the other faculties; no matter, the course of study is the same for all. All minds are run into the same mould. The germs of all originality are destroyed, every intelligence is measured by the same plummet, special tastes are disregarded, and violence done to peculiar aptitudes as diverse as the leaves of a forest. Instead of drawing out the natural abilities, they are either suppressed or distorted; in a word, they are not regarded...