Word: studious
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Resolved: - That in the death of Ernest Hill we have lost a liberal, earnest and studious companion. By his genial manners he won warm personal friends who will deeply mourn his loss...
...against giving out the marks is that if a lazy man gets a better mark at the mid-years than he expects he may fall off in his work for the rest of the year. Any such indirect benefit to lazy men is far less than the injury to studious men. We have once before called the attention of instructors to this subject and hope that this appeal will not pass unheeded...
...dropped, and once dropped have to work hard to get into their class again. It appears from the figures that most of them do work hard and catch up. It is a common experience of upperclassmen, that after the sophomore year men find themselves in an atmosphere decidedly studious. There is nothing to gain by loafing while the incentives to work are numerous...