Word: attainable
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...accomplishing this end to a limited extent, it is only just to the students that they should receive an explanation of why it has been given up, and if the idea has really proved impracticable, it is to be hoped that some other scheme may be devised to attain the same...
...attendance at the third lecture optional, but he intends to give an hour examination covering the work of the third lecture so that the nominal permission to be absent becomes farcical if one wishes to get a good mark in the course, thought this last is almost impossible to attain under any circumstances owing to the severe and erratic system of marking in vogue...
...fortieth volume of Harvard's oldest paper. The number will be entirely made up by contributions from former editors, and a glance at the proof sheets show that it will be of unusual interest. The Advocate has now lived for twenty years, and is the only Harvard paper to attain that venerable age. It seems this year that the Advocate has received a new lease of life, and that rivalry has done her good. We wish her twenty more years of success and prosperity...
...name will long be held in memory by those whom he aided in obtaining an education. His sympathies were always with those who were struggling to attain a college degree, without sufficient means to accomplish their purpose, and he was ever ready to give any assistance in his power to such students. A fund of $20,000 was given by him to Phillips Academy for the purpose of founding scholarships for the support of the poorer students...
EDITORS DAILY CRIMSON. - Much dissatisfaction is felt at the announcement that the members of History 13 and 18, who do not do special work in those courses, can attain a maximum mark of only 75 per cent. The announcement in the elective pamphlet certainly would not lead any one to suppose that such a method was to be adopted. The special work in the courses is more nearly equivalent to a half course than a quarter course, while the routine work is equal in amount to that of any full course in college...