Word: wronged
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...Catalogue can be found the list of scholarships in this College. This list is quite a long one, and contains some that have a good income. Following it is this statement: "None but those who need assistance are expected to apply for scholarships." This principle is undoubtedly wrong, and it is gratifying to see that the President, in his recent report, has come to this conclusion. Such a mistaken idea can only arise from a mistaken conception of the end for which a scholarship is established. A scholarship is undoubtedly intended to advance learning as much as possible. Then...
...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 professors are not accustomed to make public the marks of the mid-year examinations. This has always seemed to us a wrong policy. If a man has done well, a knowledge of this fact encourages him to work so as to do as well on the Annuals; if he has done poorly, he should be informed, so that he may mend his ways and do better for the rest of the year...
...select candidates for the University, and on this subject much has been written; but, strangely enough, the most vital point has been entirely neglected, viz. the proper coaching of the men in the club crews. They have been taught to row in such bad form and on such wrong principles that, on becoming candidates for the University, they are actually at a disadvantage when compared with the tyros. To obviate this, the captain of the University authorizes us to say, that he will be most glad to teach the captains of the several clubs the stroke adopted by his crew...
...business of the report to dwell upon. The fact that the present system of pecuniary assistance is not a success reminds me of other things about which the same thing might be said. The trouble, as I see it, is that the underlying principle is wrong. The aid is given as a means, and is not made an end; it is bestowed as a crust is flung to a beggar, and implies an obligation for the favor received. The bestowal of money to help men along will undoubtedly always imply a certain amount of obligation, but that obligation should...
...talk their shop-talk, talk it with them. If you cannot talk it, listen to them. But never assert yourself in opposition without real reason. Keep your ears open. Remember as much that you hear as possible, and don't speak it out at the wrong moment. Don't swear too often, for it spoils the effect of an oath, and besides it is rather vulgar. Don't use inappropriate slang, - such as "thundering quiet." Don't acquire the horribly unnatural emphasis of New England. And believe me ever