Word: statement
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...letter is that it shows the different directions in which athletics, at the two leading colleges, are tending. While Harvard is struggling hard to exclude every trace of professionalism from her sports, Yale seems to steadily encourage its introduction into her athletics. The letter incidentally makes a mis-statement in saying that Harvard, at present, employs a professional trainer...
...many who will, with proper training, develop into good men. Most of them intend to enter Harvard. It seems to be settled that unless we are successful in getting boats there will be no races this year. The boat club cannot expect Harvard to send boats until some formal statement of its circumstances and demand is made. We believe that such a demand will be made at an early day. Harvard, what...
...eighteenth annual catalogue of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has appeared, with a statement of the courses of study and a list of the alumni and of the members of the Society of Arts. The number of graduate students is 14; regular students, fourth year, 19; third year, 29; second year, 57; first year 114; special students, 149; students in the School of Mechanical Arts, 57; students in the Lowell School of Practical Design, 91; total 530. Deducting 14 for names counted under more than one heading, leaves a total of 516 students...
...system to be adopted by Dr. Laughlin in Political Economy 2 for the study of Carey's Social Science, is to divide the class into sections, have each section make a particular study of a special subject discussed by Carey, and then have the written statement of the results of this study criticised by other sections...
...statement that there are constantly a number of Yale graduates looking for a position on the New York Tribune, and the implied criticism of their work in such a position, would probably apply as well to graduates of other colleges and to other prominent papers, and is somewhat astonishing when we consider the comparatively new field of college journalism, with the advantages it gives to undergraduates. Dr. Talmage's approval of this branch of college study has probably been heard by most students and is, in fact, an old story. But, as Dr. Talmage is himself editor of a prominent...