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Word: supporters (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1880-1889
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...secretary received a salary any member of the class would have a right to find fault, but instead of this a secretary does an immense amount of work for the class, and gets no return. His office is no sinecure, and the class should meet him with cordial support instead of with unfounded criticisms. In the second place, if the class have no confidence that the man they have chosen for secretary will do his work without nagging they should not have elected...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 3/22/1883 | See Source »

...will soon necessitate such special preparation here. The universities will be expected to act as feeders and to provide the necessary instruction for passing the examinations. If the universities fail to offer this instruction, special schools will spring up and will draw largely from the classes who would naturally support the colleges. In view of these facts, the strange apathy prevailing at Harvard on this subject seems to be ill-advised. Harvard and other universities will soon be called upon to furnish instruction in departments that have hitherto been weak. It behooves them to be ready to supply the demand...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 3/21/1883 | See Source »

...journalism at all similar, the Harvard Register, failed because it could not be said to represent the undergraduate or the instructor. Although largely filled with contributions from the pens of professors, it was compelled to yield to an official publication of the faculty; it had never commanded the support or interest of the undergraduates...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE OXFORD MAGAZINE. | 3/20/1883 | See Source »

...educational system of France is entirely under the control of the general government. National support and minute classification are the chief characteristics of the system. The teachers are trained in government colleges and are paid fixed salaries. The schools are divided into three grades - primary, intermediate and collegiate. The baccalaureate degree is usually reached at the age of eighteen, and then follows special instruction for any profession. The daily routine is prescribed by the government and the students are always under the supervision of the instructors. In Germany every child is compelled by law to be instructed by some...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: EDUCATION IN EUROPE. | 3/16/1883 | See Source »

There are ten fraternities in the literary department, two in the law, one in the medical, and several with a mixed membership. The ladies or "coeds" in the literary department also support two. The average membership is fifteen, or less than four to a class. The ten which I have mentioned are divided into two cliques, five in each. Those who are not in any fraternity, the "independents," ally themselves as each one sees fit with one clique or the other. Thus are formed two complete political parties in the literary department, to one of which almost every man there...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN. | 3/15/1883 | See Source »

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