Word: student
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...book, it omits theoretical speculations, gives particular rules rather than vague generalizations, and puts everything in a form that can be readily grasped and easily remembered. An abundance of examples and passages from modern authors illustrate each statement, and numerous references on each page make it possible for the student, if he wishes, to pursue the subject beyond the limits of the book. We wish, however, that the book had a fuller index, so that it might be used for a handy work of reference as well as for a text-book...
...printed the provisional schedule four weeks before the Annuals begin. The generous regard for our comfort and convenience, which has thus been shown by the members of the Faculty in giving us early notice of these crucial tests, deserves our hearty thanks. Whether a man is a hard-working student or an indefatigable idler, he cannot fail to acknowledge his indebtedness to those gentlemen who have made this early publication of the schedule...
SUNDAY night conversation; dramatis personoe, a Theological Student and two Juniors; subject, the existence of angels. 1st Junior: "The Bible endorses the belief in angels; you know the prayer of one of the Apostles, 'Angels and ministers of grace defend us.' " Theological Student: "That is not in the Bible." 2d Junior: "Of course it is n't; it's in the book of Common Prayer, and that is no authority. Universal assent...
...reading. We were therefore glad to see on the new pamphlet another course opened to undergraduates, who are fond of the great comic poet. It is to be hoped that the necessary steps will be taken by the Faculty to enable the good as well as the mediocre student to enjoy...
...second objection, and the chief one with instructors, is that scholarships could not be assigned. It is a delicate matter to tell a student that he is unfit for a scholarship when his rank is not based on definite marks. In other words, a false and injurious method is to be maintained, because, forsooth, instructors are afraid to speak the truth unless it is shielded in a specious disguise. It is strange that they do not see that it is all the same, whether they tell a student outright, or mark him and then tell him. However, special examinations...