Word: working
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...Semiannuals are drawing to a close, we hear the hope expressed on every side that the results of the examinations may be made known as early as possible. Seniors are particularly anxious to learn just exactly where they stand, so that they can make their calculations for the work of the rest of the year accordingly. We join in this cry, and respectfully urge upon our instructors the propriety of looking over the books, and announcing the marks as soon as convenient. In this connection it is proper to call the attention of the Faculty to the fact that some...
...congratulate the Vassar Mis. upon reaching the expected end of "Man versus Hairpin," a story which bears resemblance to no other known literary work except "The House that Jack Built," with which it may reasonably claim kin. One easily gets the run of duplicate and duplicated, - "This is the girl who loved the man," etc. The number is, however, one of Vassar's usual merit. The Editor's Table thus sets forth negatively the chief...
...this connection there are two points to be considered, viz. the object of these examinations, and the attainment of that object. As I understand it, their purpose is to test the accuracy and thoroughness of the student's work during the half-year, and upon their result to base his mark and relative standing in his class. To get a good mark, to stand well in his class, is the desire of every good student, and everything should be done by the College authorities to give him legitimate assistance. But does the present system of examinations give the student...
...take the more fortunate case, where the examinations are pleasantly sprinkled all along the dusty road, oases as it were in the dreary waste of college life. Even there, I claim, the time is not sufficiently long. To properly review the work of months within three weeks, without "exhaustive toil and midnight oil," is generally impossible. The ambitious student grinds and digs his health away, while the "bummer," secure in the thought of no recitations to-morrow, spends the days in sleep, the nights in "howls...
...recent dinner held in New York in honor of Adam Smith's Work, "The Wealth of Nations," has excited considerable comment, and has aroused an interest in the subject which we hope will bear its fruits. The matter comes home to us in view of the recent withdrawal of Political Economy from the list of required studies...