Word: statement
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...University of Pennsylvania, which formed a boating league consisting of itself only, and finding itself number one at the end of a long series of league contests, declared that it was likewise number one for all the college boating leagues of the country. In regard to the statement that umpires favor larger rather than small colleges in close decisions, we think that a glance at the scores of the past year will convince even the most unreasonable that the larger colleges have not needed such assistance. Dartmouth and Amherst certainly have no reason for complaint on this issue, at least...
...chapter on the "Disciplinary Power of Political Economy," Professor Laughlin has given a very clear and concise statement of the effect of this study upon the development of the mind. Exactness, clearness, and directness of statement are cultivated. The imagination, too, plays an important part. The logical powers are vigorously exercised, no loose thinking is tolerated. The next chapter on the "Relations of Political Economy to the Law, the Ministry, and Journalism," is very interesting reading. Every student who intends entering one of these professions should read the chapter carefully before deciding upon the studies of his college course...
There is a gain of 59 students in the academical department over the numbers of last year. The statement that was published to the effect that this department had sustained a loss is incorrect...
...criticism is often made that a college education tends to unfit young men for much of the hard work, and many of the practical duties, of every day life. While the facts justify an absolute denial of the above statement, yet it is true that many matters of practical importance are too often overlooked. It is only reasonable to expect, that the modern college graduate shall have a comparatively thorough knowledge of questions of common interest, and the rules by which public assemblies should be governed. If unexpectedly called upon, how many students now in college could express an opinion...
...London Life is authority for the statement that Dr. William Rendle has in press a monograph on John Harvard...