Word: systeme
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...handicapping the winners of two or more races. If the idea in these suggestions was carried into effect, there would be better training, better time, and more contestants than during the past. It is idle to expect good time or interesting races as long as the present system is continued. The same men, at every meeting, carry off the prizes with little exertion, while in every race a line of dispirited stragglers, few and far between, bring up the rear. Some change ought to be made immediately, so that every one may have fair warning of what will be expected...
...moral code of the mound-builders seems to have been founded upon the laws of Munnee and Boshor, and it is very curious to notice its radical difference from any system known to European civilization. The fundamental rule was, "Let thy thoughts and thy purposes be hidden from the world"; and based upon this were many others, such as, "Glorify thyself, and the world shall glorify thee"; "Keep thine eye open, thy hand ready, and thy mouth shut"; "Revile no man before his face, neither speak ill of him that is more powerful than thyself"; "Bow down before the great...
...minute directions that it would be insulting to their age to suppose that the girls at this institution were more than nine or ten years old; and we recommend the book as a curiosity, and as containing some useful hints to all who are interested in the primary-school system and Kindergartens of our country...
...practical working of an institution is only discovered by experience, and if by trial it is found to demand changes, those changes must be made if it is to become permanent. The system of four distinct boat-clubs has now been established for a year and a half, and the organization is found to be so imperfect as to be threatened with complete failure unless some remedy be applied. To find by what changes the present system may be improved is the purpose of this article...
...object of the club-system when founded was (1) to afford the general body of the students a cheap way of obtaining healthful exercise, (2) to develop material for the crews, (3) to stimulate excellence in rowing by the emulation of the different clubs. The latter two are contingent aims, to be reached through the accomplishment of the first, and the support of the clubs will always depend upon the success with which they meet the need of the main body of the students. Such being the case, it is evident that if all the clubs are not flourishing...