Word: students
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...article on Electric Lighting the writer shows that electric lights could be supplied to the students for the same price that gas and kerosene now are. Of course, it is to be understood that the figures, as given, are merely estimates; but it is believed that in every case, whatever error there is, is on the right side: that is, that the estimates for the cost of electricity are invariably larger than necessary, while the estimate for the cost of gas is under rather than over the actual facts, so that in actual practice the cost of the electric lamps...
...instruction was given there twenty years ago, and, as he claims, has continued up to the present time. He says that wholesome, intelligent study has been subverted to a rigorous system of hack questioning and recitation "marks." the object of which has been to show and record what the student does not know, rather than what he does. Attempts to interest the student in his work were then, and are now, rarely made, and through the great importance placed upon recitations pure and simple, the practice of "skinning" in all its forms has grown up. The writer remembers only...
...Some instructors give short papers with few questions and expect to have each question pretty thoroughly discussed. Other instructors give long papers with numerous questions. The answers to such questions must necessarily be brief; owing to their brevity they are liable to be faulty, even with the most careful student, and it is not likely that they are ever entirely satisfactory. The objection to long papers holds good especially when the questions are of a theoretical nature; questions of fact are more easily answered in a concise way. Again, even if the short and long papers were equally easy...
Beside instruction in Agriculture, there are courses in Botany, Chemistry, and Applied Zoology - everything in connection with farming which is made a science of itself. No examinations are required for admission; but the student must show his ability to profit by the instruction. The tuition is the same as at the college, namely, $150 per annum...
...seems strange, however, that such an institution, which is not equalled in the advantages which it affords by any other in the United States, should be so little patronized. Not only is the farm itself very well managed, but its location is attractive; for the student, while still in the country, has also the benefit of lectures, courses of study, and libraries in Boston and Cambridge. If there was not a large endowment fund the institution could not exist. This year there are five instructors besides the Director of the Arnold Arboretum, and only three or four students. Such...