Word: thorough
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...many of the practical duties, of every day life. While the facts justify an absolute denial of the above statement, yet it is true that many matters of practical importance are too often overlooked. It is only reasonable to expect, that the modern college graduate shall have a comparatively thorough knowledge of questions of common interest, and the rules by which public assemblies should be governed. If unexpectedly called upon, how many students now in college could express an opinion, satisfactory to themselves even, on questions of public interest, or feel qualified to decide on any, but the most common...
...attention of his audience to flag once. Dr. Royce is admirably fitted for the task which he has undertaken. He has spent much time in California as an instructor in the state university, and his recently published history of California in the Commonwealth series, evidence the writer's thorough mastery of the political, economic, and social status of this comparatively recently settled country. The remaining lectures of this course are to be given on successive Monday evenings. The topic of the lecture next week is, "The First Golden Days, and the Early Mining Life...
...Polo Club as well as our other athletic organizations, made last year a year of victory. In the contest at Newport in the summer, the president and captain of the club, Belmont, '86 and Bird, Winthrop, and French made up the team that won the championship of America. The thorough knowledge which Belmont and Bird showed of each other's play was a very noticeable feature of this contest, and their perfect co-operation was like a beautifully organized piece of subtle machinery. It was the same superiority which Princeton has shown in foot-ball by her systematic passing...
...Russian Government is about to establish at St. Petersburg a Polyglot College, in which will be taught all the modern languages of any importance, and the tongues of all the nationalities, about seventy, under the Czar's sceptre. The purpose of this college is to prepare trust worthy and thorough interpreters for the diplomatic, consular, and military service, the civil officers and missionaries who have to deal with the different nations found in Russia, and mercantile agents who have to attend to the import and export trade. A Russian professor himself speaking over a score of languages says...
...engine and cars are being built for the trial trip, and it looks as if those interested in the L meant business this time. According to the provisions of the bill under which the Meigs Railroad is incorporated, it is necessary to build half a mile, and then make thorough trials of the merits and safety of the road before the track can be continued to Harvard Square, so we shall have to wait a year or two without doubt before the much desired means of rapid transit can be ours. The point at which the trial half mile begins...