Word: time
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Dates: during 1873-1873
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...Students in the Medical School, who wish to avail themselves of this opportunity of pursuing scientific or other studies in any other Faculty of the University, may do so without loss of time counted as medical study, to such extent and in such manner as the Medical Faculty shall in each case prescribe...
...Germany, a student in the gymnasium is called a "frog," and in his first half-year after entering a university he is termed a "fox," which is equivalent to our "Freshman." Why he should be thus called is not easy to say, as he is not at this time supposed to be possessed of any of Reynard's characteristics, unless it may be his love for chicken. In the latter part of the last century the word "fishing" was exactly equivalent to "toadying...
...fact that comparatively few books are taken by each student in the course of a year. It is not the number of books that can be read which makes a sure addition to knowledge, but the careful study of those we master, and this involves much labor and time. A thorough acquaintance with a few good books is of more advantage to the student than the smattering gained by the hasty perusal of a great number, one following another in such rapid succession that the mind is unable to digest any of them, but just as Cambridge water poured through...
...There is not much singing in the College Yard." There is, however, more than at any other time in the last four years. "Friday nights the students adjourn from the society meetings (literary) to the Yard, and sing the choruses to such songs as 'Rule Britannia,' 'Cockles and Muscles,' and 'Rumstio.' Sometimes they sing in time and tune, but more often both these important elements are lacking, and the result is anything but musical." Perhaps to so extremely sensitive an ear as our author possesses, our time and tune may seem very bad. It is easy to see that some...
...thief went through the clothes, left in the boat-house, of those bathing and rowing, and carried off three fine watches, the united value of which is over $600. As heretofore, in similar cases, no effort to detect the thief has succeeded, we hardly dare hope for success this time; and can only warn all our readers to avoid the boat-house, when they have their valuables about them, as they would a real den of thieves...