Word: working
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...scientific appliances of the Jefferson Physical Laboratory, and the scientific work now being done there. Illustrated lecture. Professor Trowbridge. Jefferson Physical Laboratory. 4 p. m. Open to the public...
...much cannot be said of oral examinations. He has no such infallible proof of his work as his blue book gives him nor even a list of the questions he has been called upon to answer. To remedy this difficulty, I wish to suggest that, where it is not already so, a third party-another professor, or some one with a knowledge of the subject-should be present at examinations of this kind. I know that this system is practiced in some other colleges...
...effective than it is here, as is shown by the fact that a French boy is practically two years ahead of the American in the same studies. President Eliot gave two reasons for this state of affairs, one was that Americans are unwilling to put their boys to hard work and strong lists, and the other was that the French teachers are more numerous, more enthusiastic and better educated than our own. Matthew Arnold also wrote on the superiority of German and French education at the time when he was making an extensive study of this subject. The question...
...able to devote much time to athletics; still, the outlook is favorable More attention will be paid to baseball this year than has been for some time, although it is not known yet whether there will be a 'varsity nine. The candidates for the class teams are already at work, and there is a fair prospect that some good material will be developed. The class of '89 has a good pitcher in Pike. Highlands, '91, is also a good man, but none of the catchers seem able to hold his delivery. The principal interest centers in the freshman-sopho more...
...amendment, the constitution reported was adopted. Officers were then chosen: President, Prof. Child; vice-president, Prof. Wendell; secretary and treasurer, Dodge, '89; executive committee, the vice-president and secretary, ex officio. Mr. Kittredge, Wardner, '90, and H. T. Parker, '90. The executive committee will have general charge of the work of the club...