Word: whether
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...from 1807 to 1831, in a passage cited by Prof. Young, refers to his small Hebrew classes, and "the general impression" that "the value of such learning does not repay the labor and pains necessary to be undergone in its requirement." Willard is cited as having asked Prof. Stuart whether there were many Hebrew scholars in his classes, and the reply was very few. Still there were able Hebrew and Oriental professors four or five decades ago, and the early professors of Hebrew at the University of the City of New York, Isaac Nordheimer, Edward Robinson and Taylor Lewis, were...
...still remains to be seen whether the college will approve the marking system; for the present Mid-years are its first great and questionable test. And the verdict will be interesting in more ways than one. It will not only show one ideas of the true measure of knowledge but will also be a sort of gauge of our own modesty. For, when a man finds himself ranked with a class, he naturally looks to see who his companions are. If he thinks he is quite as good a scholar as they are he is rather dissatisfied. It is, moreover...
...which have come upon us, and seek to instill some good precepts in the minds of those not morituros, but about to try examinations. In the words of a recent ethical pamphlet, "don't" stay up all night cramming just before an examination. Go to bed earlier than usual whether you know anything or not. It is better to know less and be able to express it in the blue book than to know more, and be too muddled and tired to remember it. This working until breakfast with a wet towel around your head is very romantic when...
...Whoever seeks to solve the problem of Prayer-and-Providence' (namely, whether Supplication is only a vehicle for Aspiration), should ponder 'The Prayer of the Presidents;' a model prayer, devoted as the verse of Wesley, dignified as the style of Washington, undogmatic and rational - not to say witty - as the words of Lincoln...
...Wanderings of Alexis" are still going on, and the interesting part of them is that there is such a mixture of sense and nonsense in them, one can scarcely tell whether to go on reading or toss the paper away in disgust. In the last number the disgust won the battle. In this number the temptation is the same, but the piece is written in an easy style which has held the reader till...