Word: working
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...already gone over, making it a point to ask a few questions during each hour, and letting students know that they were marked on their answers, I think that nine tenths of those that now take History would make greater improvement, and find it easier to do faithful work than at present...
...Freshman Nine, too, need to train themselves thoroughly before they meet Yale, for the Yale Freshmen are putting all their energy into base-ball, and will probably turn out a strong team in the spring. The Nine now are doing good work in the Gymnasium, and promise well. They are, however, much in need of a catcher, as the person who has been training for that position is ill, and probably will hardly be able to play with them...
...instructor's corrections and criticisms form the most valuable part of the work in themes, and deserve the most careful attention. If, however, the corrected theme is not returned until the time when the new one is handed in, the student is unable to make full use of these corrections, and the faults of the first theme are repeated in the second for the simple reason that attention has not yet been called to them. This is especially the case in the Sophomore themes, where the writer has had but little previous practice, and has not learned to criticise...
...year or two in study here after they have finished their college course, and to give their time either to studies they have been unable to pursue before, or to some subject which they make a specialty. To the former class the college electives offer a good field for work, and they can push their studies in whatever direction they choose; but to the latter there is presented no such chance. They have taken already the electives in their special subject, and now there are no courses open to them in which they can work with profit. To be sure...
...good fortune to become the owner of a "Bible" of those days, and from it I have selected a few facts that may be interesting to students of the present edition of that work of reference...