Word: views
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...true answer rests greatly upon the view that is taken of the true purpose of examinations. If an examination is regarded as a pitched battle between the instructor and the student, in which the former attempts to floor his adversary and the latter tries to escape being floored, we must expect the instructor to make use of Napoleonic tactics, and concentrate his forces on a single point, - this being, doubtless, the best method of attack, - and we should mass our strength on the point we expect to be attacked, thus leaving our whole domain open to the incursions of random...
...wildest steering possibly cause a foul. The water is reported to be clear of all weeds and grasses, and also very deep, even close to the shore. A road follows the lake on one side, near the bank, and on the other the ground is so high that a view of the course can be had from almost any position. At the finish the banks form an amphitheatre, from which the start can easily be seen with the naked...
...real merits and defects of the various departments is a proof of the conscientious diligence with which the committee have performed their task. They have, by a personal and unannounced attendance on the recitations in each department, been able to judge of the instruction from the students' point of view, and have not formed their conclusions from the reports of the instructors themselves. The influence for good attendant on such inspection of the College is very positive in its effects. It is almost inevitable, even with the best instructors, that, through long service, they fall into certain mechanical methods...
...Charles River, to be drained and diked in the interests of out-door sports. It is also proposed that the College, by the erection of boat-houses, encourage this branch of athletic exercise among the many. Before closing this review, I cannot refrain from noticing the high and elevating view taken of education in general throughout the report, and particularly enunciated under the head of Courses of Study. It is a bright omen for the future, that the gentlemen to whom the guidance of the College is to such a large extent intrusted should be men of sufficient breadth...
...skulked away from all human view...