Word: whose
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...themes was thus distributed, and no more. That was all. No word of explanation was offered in regard to the sudden change. Now, there is no doubt that most of the criticisms were absurd and severe, and probably did neither the writer nor the men of whose work it was written any good; but the ideas obtained from reading the work of others was of inestimable value. No matter how careful and thorough in his criticisms the instructor is, no matter how painstaking the student is, under the present system, he can but go on attempting to perfect himself...
...rebuke was greeted with a loud burst of laughter by all his hearers, and in order to maintain his aggressive standpoint successfully, and to convince his hearers of the truth of his statement, he gave a vivid description of one of these "drinking nights." The students form regular clubs whose constitution, by-laws, and members all centre about the beer-mug. A meeting is held once or twice every week in some particularly favored "kneipe," where the most palatable beer can be had. Some of these clubs appoint a "praeses" or president for a year, others for a university term...
...Thursday's Nation appeared a second letter from Mr. Page, whose article we published yesterday. A short synopsis of the letter may not be uninteresting to our readers...
...college, which allege lack, not only of funds, but of any spirit among alumni that comes, forward to ease the pecuniary path of their alma mater. But the graduates have never been asked to give: they are more often treated as interlopers in college affairs than persons whose support or backing is desirable. Yale men who will take the trouble to read Mr. Henry C. Kingsley's contribution to the November number of the New Englander and Yale Review, can easily learn the disposition of the "powers that be" toward the body of the alumni...
...trouble with these large colleges is that the bulk of the instruction is given by mere tutors. The famous professors at these places, whose names adorn the college catalogues, do not lecture more than once or twice a day, perhaps only two or three times a week, and never conduct any of the regular class work which forms the backbone of a good college course. Even Harvard cannot keep as good a corps of instructors as we have at Rochester, because with all her wealth, her classes are too many and too large to admit of approved ability and experience...