Word: statements
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...hoped that this year's announcement of electives will be more explicit than former issues in the statement of the nature and requirements of some of the courses, especially those requiring laboratory practice. Now that the final choice of electives must be made before the term begins, it is very necessary for a man to know how long and at what hours he is to be in the laboratory. Where courses change so from year to year as they have in Physics and some Natural History subjects, it is useless to take the statement of those who have formerly taken...
...Yale News is authority for the statement that Donnelly, of last fall's Princeton football team, has left college and gone into business...
Nowhere is the truth of Professor Wright's candid statement more obvious than at Harvard. There is really no chance here for a student to become thoroughly acquainted with the sum of Greek and Latin literature before graduation. During the first two years, as is right, he is confined to a minute study of a limited number of works with due deference to grammar. But during the last two years, instead of having an opportunity to widen his personal knowledge of Greek plays or of Latin poetry, he is obliged to devote his energies to text criticism and details...
...Winsor began by dwelling on accuracy in historical statement. We are often deceived by the disguises of truth. She is hidden from us by strange raiments and only sharp eyes and learned research can unmask her. We must have the courage of the moth and let our wings be singed by approaching the light. No historical statement can be final, and it is this very uncertainly that keeps research perennial. The successful historian employs the same talents as the successful merchant, penetration and keen judgment of character. But in history we must never forget how important the personal basis...
...treasurer shall keep the account of the club, receive all dues and pay all bills. He shall furnish a monthly statement to the Graduate Treasurer of the Harvard University and keep his accounts in such form as may be directed by the latter, and shall also forward to whichever one of the trustees may be designated by the trustees for that purpose, a copy of his monthly statement to the Graduate Treasurer...