Word: systemize
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...elective system has caused a break in the old time custom of examination at the end of the year only. This year several examinations were held at the end of the first term; but as the electives are open to the men of the upper classes only, the mid-years had but little effect upon the school as a whole...
...rife in the college world, any action to be effectual must be prompt and unanimous. There are one hundred and ten men now in the academic department who have come here from other colleges both for the greater personal freedom and the superior advantages for study which the Harvard system permits. United action by these men would be widespread in its effects. The movement is in the hands of energetic men and with proper co-operation a successful result is assured...
...students at Wellesley are endeavoring to have the present system of examinations abolished...
...three questions to be presented for choice of subject for the next debate are as follows:- Resolved: That the Australian system of electing public officials should be adopted in the United States. Resolved: That the Government should use a part of the surplus in enlarging our ocean carrying trade. Resolved: That the United States should maintain the independence of the Samoan Islands...
...President of the United States. Corresponding to our two houses are the Bundesrath and the Reichstag, established in 1871. In their short life they have accomplished a great deal, viz.: they established a uniform duty so that all the states can enjoy equal privileges; they introduced a uniform monetary system, and reformed the department of justice. The army had a great deal to do with the rise of nationality. All are compelled to serve their term, so that both soldiers and officers have among them the most cultured Germans. During the last twenty-five years all the German cities have...