Word: students
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...German student, on the other hand, is hampered by no marks, no routine, no surveillance, no compulsory recitations; he is not treated like a school-boy, and hence does not behave like one. He cannot calculate what per cent he must obtain in order to scrape through. He must either leave or drop out, either succeed or fail. Hence he does not "cram" for an examination with matter which he will throw away afterward, but studies with a view to permanent results. In short, he is free to be what his own talents and energy may make him. The result...
When the public hear that a student stands high in his class at Harvard, the public applaud; but we who have been made acquainted, know better what it means. It means that being a person of ability and application in the first place, he has likewise been fortunate in the choice of "soft" electives and - pardon the expression - "soft" instruction...
SCENE, Recitation Room. Artful Student (who wishes to make a favorable impression on his French instructor, just before the Semiannuals). Monsieur, will you be good enough to tell me what books you would recommend me to read at sight outside of the class? Acute Instructor (who has been caught in the trap before). If you want something to read at sight, sir, I should recommend the books we have been using in the class...
...Library Bulletin, No. 7, lately issued, is far more interesting than the uninitiated would suppose. Its name of "bulletin" suggests a mere list of new books added to the Library, and is certainly not tempting to the average student. As a matter of fact, it contains much useful information on subjects in which many of us at Harvard are interested. The Bulletin consists of twenty-five pages, of which ten contain a list of the most-important additions to the Library since December. The remaining fifteen include some more notes on authorities in American History, by Dr. Lodge; notes...
...alluding to the contrasts that exist between English and American student-life in regard to manners and morals, President Eliot thinks the tone of manners there better than it is in American colleges...