Word: vastness
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...recently about the lack of significance attaching to the various degrees given by the colleges of the country. It is claimed with a great deal of justice that these degrees offer no criterion by which the merits of the recipients can be judged. When we think, however, of the vast differences which prevail in standards and in methods, we must be convinced that it is impossible at present to lay down any common rule by which degrees are to be awarded. But it is very surprising to find sometimes that degrees of the same grade granted by the same college...
...theory which some people hold that a college gains in numbers on account of its athletic victories he considers entirely unsupported by facts. Harvard, not with standing her defeats, gained more proportionately than victorious Yale. Individuals may be influenced by athletic success, but the vast majority are governed by other considerations, and their decision is unaffected. Some parents even prefer to send their sons to the less athletic colleges, as they disapprove of the excesses to which these contests often lead. The consideration of this matter will be more fully taken up in the President's report, which is soon...
...their compatibility, men's opinions vary widely. Of one thing, however, we may be sure. If either element of education be neglected in the undergraduate course, it is unlikely that the deficiency will ever be made good. The years immediately following graduation are devoted, in the vast majority of instances, to learning a profession or a business; and these interests should be shared with no others except by way of recreation. If, therefore, a young man begins the work of his life while still deficient in mental training, his mind will be trained by that work only in those parts...
...that of Mr. Wendell, our present instructor in English, and others, gave the Lampoon the distinctive character it had. The paper was improving greatly in Attwood's time in respect to the work of its artist. The outline work of Briggs, and later the "double pages" of Purdon, showed vast improvement over the work of the early artists. The work of Mr. Stewart was undoubtedly the finest that ever appeared in the Lampoon, and it is probable that a good many years will pass before work of equal merit will appear in the paper...
...college as the December number of the Magazine of American History. The first article, "Our Country Fifty Years Ago," is a summary of Lafayette's visit to this country in 1824 and cannot fail to awaken in the minds of every one who reads it the appreciation of the vast strides in culture and wealth which has been made in the United States during the past half-century. The present generation are apt to forget the condition of their country so many years ago, and neglect to realize the mighty advancement of every branch of industry. The contrast is well...