Word: whether
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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Last week the Freshman class held a meeting for the purpose of deciding whether it should row Cornell or not. From the very outset it was evident that there was not a little opposition to the project, and when the final ballot was taken, it was ascertained that about two thirds of the men present favored the plan of rowing Cornell, and one third opposed...
ALTHOUGH it is very gratifying to have our virtues commended and our faults forgotten, we cannot expect to derive any real benefit from this kind of criticism. An unbiassed comparison, whether between individuals or institutions, is the only one conducive to marked improvement...
...hundred and fifty pounds a year is a low estimate of the average annual value of a fellowship; so that the annual expenditure at Oxford and Cambridge for Fellows, who in that capacity are bound to no service to the University, and are free to follow their own pursuits, whether they be literary or otherwise, cannot be reckoned at less than...
American college corporations think they have done their duty when they have helped a "meritorious, but indigent student" to get his degree. In addition, it remains an open question whether American scholarship will be advanced or not by throwing open to rich and poor whatever rewards a college has to offer...
...Thursday the elective in English 5 tried an experiment in the shape of a debate. The subject chosen (the question whether women who pay taxes on property should be allowed to vote for city, town, and municipal officers) was practical in its nature, and considerable interest was taken in the debate. The question, too, had been well studied by the debaters. The experiment is the result of a desire, on the part of those who regulate the instruction given in college, to develop among the students an ability "to think on their legs," and in this way to become fitted...